
int allocate_space(int nbr, char ***ptrarray, int size, char **string)
    {  //Allocate the array pointers       
    if( (*ptrarray= (char **)calloc(nbr,sizeof(char *))) ==NULL)
        return(0);       //Allocate the string space  ***       
    if( (*string = (char *)calloc(size+1,sizeof(char))) == NULL)
        return(0);       
    return(1);  
    }  

void free_space(char ***ptrarray, char **string)
    {
    free(*ptrarray);      
    free(*string);  
    }

  void str_to_ptrarray(char *orgstr, char *ptrarray[])
    {       
    int i=0;  
    char *s;       
    s=strtok(orgstr,word_breaks); //Find the first word       
    while(*s)
        {
        ptrarray[i]=s;      //assign it  
        i++;  
        s=strtok(NULL,word_breaks);   //Find the rest of the words       
        }
    }
