2D char array with dynamic mem allocation gives mem corruption

Hi guys,

Iam struck with 2D char array! Hope, you could help on this.

My requirement is, I want to add the string in string array and I dont know the size at compile time. Hence, have to use dynamic mem allocation.

Here is the code what iam trying..

Code:

void main(void)
{
	char **name, string[100] = "Xyz String";
	int i=0, n=25, index=0, numOfRows=1;
	name = (char **)calloc(numOfRows, sizeof(char **));

	for(i=0; i<n; i++)
		AddStr(name, &index, string);

	for(i=0; i<index; i++)
		printf("--->%03d %s\n",i,name[i]);

	for(i=0; i<index; i++)
		free(name[i]);
	free(name);


}

int AddStr(char **name, int *index, char *str)
{
	int i=0;

	//reallocating the mem for 2D row size as its incrementing every time. // NOT Sure, is this required or correct?
	name = (char **)realloc(name, ((*index)+1) * sizeof(char **));

	//allocating the mem for column for every row
	name[*index] = (char *) calloc(strlen(str)+1, sizeof(char));
	strcpy(name[(*index)++],str);
}

Pls. help to to solve this!

Addstr has no way to return the new value stored in name, should it get moved in memory by the realloc.

Hi Salem,

Thank you. You are right and it works fine after returning/storing the pointer of newly allocated mem location.

regards,
Balaji