Help with struct code!

I am writing a program that expands array list whenever they get too full

so far i have this:

Code:

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#define DEFAULT 10


typedef struct ArrayList
{
    //array of strings
    char **array;

    //number of elements that have been added to the array
    int elements;

    // maximum length of array
    int maximum;

} ArrayList;

ArrayList *myList(int length)
{
    int i;

    //dynamically allocates space for a new ArrayList named list
    ArrayList *list;
    list = (ArrayList*)malloc(sizeof(ArrayList));


    //dynamically allocates space for array of size LENGTH or DEFAULT(whichever is greater)
    if(DEFAULT < length){
        list->array = malloc(sizeof(char *) * length);
    }
    else{
        list->array = malloc(sizeof(char *) * DEFAULT);


    //initialize pointers in array to NULL with length
if(DEFAULT < length){
        for(i=0; i<length; i++){
            list->array[i] == NULL;
        }
//set the size and capacity
    list->elements = 0;
    list->maximum = array[i];


    //print out the size of list
    printf("Created new ArrayList of size %d.\n", maximum);


    //return function
    return list;
}

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So, ArrayList *myList should return a pointer to the new arraylist or null if malloc fails.

I am confused on what exactly I need to set my maximum to, I know that it shouldn't be 0 and array[i] doesn't seem to be working either. I also am not sure if I am properly setting up null correctly for my array. If there is anything with my code that seems wrong please do point it out as I have been staring at this for hours and am really trying to understand this but I keep hitting a wall.

Thanks!

For me it would be logical to set maximum to the number of char * you have actually allocated.
e.g. whatever is greater DEFAULT or length.
So I would set list->maximum before initializing the pointers to NULL and then initialize from 0 to < list->maximum
Kurt