malloc-ating multidimensional array in function

Question

I\'m trying to allocate a 2d array in a C program. It works fine in the main function like this (as explained here):

#include 
#include 

        

Answer 1

That's not your about your segmentation fault problem, but you should really consider to use a single malloc call to allocate all necessary memory space need by grid.

grid = malloc (nrows * ncols * sizeof(int *))

Look at Bill ONeary answer regarding pointer of pointer of pointer.