From 15c7c591a85e1460bf960863a9610d3b7a379783 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Liu Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2020 01:14:10 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] read into char pointer array instead --- main.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/main.c b/main.c index 3b219ec..077bf9f 100644 --- a/main.c +++ b/main.c @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ void winch_handler(int sig); -char* read_todo(FILE* file); +char** read_todo(FILE* file); WINDOW* create_list_win(int height, int width, int y, int x); @@ -38,10 +38,8 @@ main(int argc, char** argv) return 1; } - char* lineptr = read_todo(board_file); - printf("lineptr: %p\n", lineptr); - printf("first: %c\n", *lineptr); - free(lineptr); + char** todos = read_todo(board_file); + printf(todos[0]); fclose(board_file); break; @@ -120,21 +118,31 @@ winch_handler(int sig) } -char* +char** read_todo(FILE* file) { // apparently getline isn't rly that portable, so consider other options + char** out_arr; + int out_len; char* lineptr; size_t len; ssize_t nread; + out_arr = NULL; + out_len = 0; lineptr = NULL; len = 0; while ((nread = getline(&lineptr, &len, file)) != -1) { - printf("Read line of size %zd\n", nread); + out_len++; + out_arr = realloc(out_arr, (sizeof(char*))*out_len); // bad to keep resizing? + printf("Pointer set to: %p\n", lineptr); + out_arr[out_len-1] = lineptr; + + lineptr = NULL; + len = 0; } - return lineptr; + return out_arr; } WINDOW* -- 2.20.1