don't see a bug

[baxy]

hi,


well this is the code:

 char **bowtTable = emalloc(sizeof(char*)*(len+1));
long u;
char line[BUFSIZ];
while ( fgets(line, sizeof line, file) != NULL ){
	if ( sscanf(line, "%*s  %*s  %*s %ld %5000s %*s %ld", &start,readstr,&cpys) == 3 ){
	  llen = strlen(line);
		
	long z = start;
	bowtTable[z] = (char *)emalloc(sizeof(char)*(llen+1));
	bowtTable[z] = line;
						
	printf("> %ld %ld -> %s\n",z,startt,bowtTable[u]);
	printf("line len: %d %s\n",llen,bowtTable[z]);
	u=z;
}
}

so everytime i encounter the line i store it into my bowtTable under the index z.so i get something like this as a printout

bowtTable[5] = aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
bowtTable[7] = bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb

but now when i chech bowtTable[5] (in the same iteration of while loop) i see that
bowtTable[5] = bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb instead of aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. This happens as soon as i set bowtTable[7] = bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb.

how can this be what am i doing wrong it is like i am somehow referencing every previous entry to my next. so the thole table then, in the end has the last read line under every possible index in bowtTable. I know it is something simple but i cannot see my mistake

can somebody take a look

thank you

[ZuK]

	bowtTable[z] = line;

needs to be

	strcpy(bowtTable[z],line);

But then I don't have an idea what emalloc() is

Kurt