Question

For what I am trying to do, I require an array in the form char **.
I found out that using the following creates a dynamic array that ends up requiring 256 free calls:

char** start = malloc(11*sizeof(char));
    for (i=0;i<256;i++) {
    start[i] = malloc(11*sizeof(char));
}
for (i=0;i<256;i++) {
    free(start[i]);
}

How do I create an array that is in the form char[(malloc)][(12)] if that makes sense…

Answer 1

char (*p)[12] = calloc(n, sizeof(*p));  // or malloc

...

free(p);

p is a pointer to n arrays, each of length 12.