if (ptr + j) {
    if (*(ptr + j)[0] == '{') {
        keep = true;
    }
    if (testFn(*(ptr + j))) { /* test for last char */
        string[i][j - p] = concat(*pString1, *(ptr + j));
        keep = false;
        free(*pString1);
        goto mylabel;
    }
    if (keep) {
        *pString1 = concat(*pString1, *(ptr + j));
        *pString1 = concat(*pString1, " ");
        p++;
    } else {
        b1 = false;
        int q = j;
        for (e = 0; *(ptr + q + e); e++) { /* step through the string */
            b1 = true;
            if (*(ptr + e + q)) {
                *pString = concat(*pString, *(ptr + e + q));
                *pString = concat(*pString, " ");
            }
            j = e;
        }
        if (makeArgs(*pString, &argc, (const char ***) &argv, pipe, i, h)) {
            write_command(&w, argv, string[w]);
            w++;

        } else {
            if (!b1) { /* no args (?) */
                for (int r = 0; argv[r] != NULL; r++) {
                    string[i][r] = argv[r]; /* is this necessary? */
                }
            }
        }
    }
}