/* Dynamic allocation of character strings */

#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<string.h>

#define NUMSTR 4
#define STRLNG 80

int main()
{

	int i;
	char strname[STRLNG];  /* our input buffer */
	char *strptr[NUMSTR];  /* an array of string pointers */

	printf("Input %d strings\n", NUMSTR);

	for (i=0; i<NUMSTR; i++)
	{
		gets(strname);  /* tsk tsk!! */
		strptr[i] = (char *) malloc (strlen(strname) + 1);
		strcpy (strptr[i], strname);
	}

	printf("The strings are:\n");

	for (i=0; i<NUMSTR; i++)
		puts(strptr[i]);

	for (i=0; i<NUMSTR; i++)
		free (strptr[i]);

	return 0;

}