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#include <stdio.

h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#define MAX_LINES 100 // Maximum number of lines to read


#define MAX_LENGTH 100 // Maximum length of each line

int main() {
FILE *file;
char line[MAX_LENGTH];
char *lines[MAX_LINES];
int num_lines = 0;

// Open the file


file = fopen("example.txt", "r");
if (file == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "Error opening file.\n");
return 1;
}

// Read lines into array of strings


while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), file)) {
// Allocate memory for the line
lines[num_lines] = malloc(strlen(line) + 1);
if (lines[num_lines] == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "Memory allocation failed.\n");
return 1;
}

// Copy the line into the allocated memory


strcpy(lines[num_lines], line);

// Increment the line counter


num_lines++;

// Ensure we don't exceed maximum lines


if (num_lines >= MAX_LINES) {
fprintf(stderr, "Exceeded maximum number of lines.\n");
break;
}
}

// Close the file


fclose(file);

// Now 'lines' array contains each line as a separate string


// Print them for demonstration
printf("Contents of file:\n");
for (int i = 0; i < num_lines; i++) {
printf("%s", lines[i]);
free(lines[i]); // Free allocated memory for each line
}

return 0;
}

# With proper memory handling


#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

#define MAX_LINES 100 // Maximum number of lines to read


#define MAX_LENGTH 100 // Maximum length of each line

int main() {
FILE *file;
char line[MAX_LENGTH];
char *lines[MAX_LINES];
int num_lines = 0;

// Open the file


file = fopen("example.txt", "r");
if (file == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "Error opening file.\n");
return 1;
}

// Read lines into array of strings


while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), file)) {
// Allocate memory for the line
lines[num_lines] = malloc(strlen(line) + 1);
if (lines[num_lines] == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "Memory allocation failed.\n");

// Clean up allocated memory before exiting


for (int i = 0; i < num_lines; i++) {
free(lines[i]);
}
fclose(file);
return 1;
}

// Copy the line into the allocated memory


strcpy(lines[num_lines], line);

// Increment the line counter


num_lines++;

// Ensure we don't exceed maximum lines


if (num_lines >= MAX_LINES) {
fprintf(stderr, "Exceeded maximum number of lines.\n");
break;
}
}

// Close the file


fclose(file);

// Now 'lines' array contains each line as a separate string


// Print them for demonstration
printf("Contents of file:\n");
for (int i = 0; i < num_lines; i++) {
printf("%s", lines[i]);
free(lines[i]); // Free allocated memory for each line
}

return 0;
}

# With bidimensional array

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

#define INITIAL_CAPACITY 10

int main() {
char **lines = NULL;
int num_lines = 0;
int capacity = INITIAL_CAPACITY;

// Allocate initial memory for array of string pointers


lines = malloc(capacity * sizeof(char *));
if (lines == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "Memory allocation failed.\n");
return 1;
}

// Example: Adding strings to the array


lines[num_lines] = strdup("First line");
num_lines++;

lines[num_lines] = strdup("Second line");


num_lines++;

// Example: Printing the stored strings


for (int i = 0; i < num_lines; i++) {
printf("%s\n", lines[i]);
}

// Free allocated memory


for (int i = 0; i < num_lines; i++) {
free(lines[i]);
}
free(lines);

return 0;
}

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