Dynamically create an array of strings with malloc

Question

I am trying to create an array of strings in C using malloc. The number of strings that the array will hold can change at run time, but the length of the string

Answer 1

#define ID_LEN 5
char **orderedIds;
int i;
int variableNumberOfElements = 5; /* Hard coded here */

orderedIds = (char **)malloc(variableNumberOfElements * (ID_LEN + 1) * sizeof(char));

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