NAME

String_SaveArray, String_FreeArray − copy and destroy null-terminated string array

SYNOPSIS

#include <spriteString.h>
char ∗∗
String_SaveArray(stringsPtr)
char ∗∗
String_FreeArray(stringsPtr)

ARGUMENTS

char ∗∗stringsPtr   (in) Pointer to a null-terminated array of string pointers. 
 

DESCRIPTION

These routines create and destroy null-terminated arrays of strings.  They are useful for making copies of the argv argument array or of a host alias list.  String_SaveArray creates new copies of the strings and of the array of pointers.  String_FreeArray frees the strings and the array.  It returns a nil pointer that can be used to nil out the given stringsPtr.
 

KEYWORDS

string, copy

Sprite version 1.0  —  April 23, 1991