char **get_sub_strings(char text_line[], const char sub_start[],
                                                          const char sub_end)
{ //GIVEN "this is <a href="link 1"> test1 test <a href="test2">"::
  int sub_index = 0;
  char *cursor = NULL;         //indexed @ 1st occurrence of link
  char *end = NULL;            //index 1 after end of link
  char **sub_strings = NULL;   //2d array to hold all strings
  int sub_count = count_sub_strings(text_line, sub_start); // 2

  if (sub_count > 0) {
    sub_strings = malloc(sizeof(char*) * (sub_count) ); // create 2d Array
    cursor = strstr(text_line, sub_start);  // will cut of "this is "
                                                // (locates first occurrence of STRING sub_start)
    while (cursor != NULL) {                //while ! eo string
      end = strchr(cursor, sub_end) + 1;    //will cut off "this is <a href="link">"
                                                // (locates 1st occurence of CHARACTER sub_end)
      int sub_length = (end - cursor);      //  17
      sub_strings[sub_index]  = (char *) malloc(sub_length + 1); //sub_strings[x] will hold pointer to string
      for (int i = 0; i < sub_length; ++i) {  // 17 loops
        sub_strings[sub_index][i] = cursor[i]; // for each loop, populate the string pointed to by sub_strings[x] with cursor[i] character-by-character
        if (sub_strings[sub_index][i] == sub_end) {  // if index char is ">"
          sub_strings[sub_index][i+1] = '\0'; // append string-terminating null at end to indicate end of string
        }
      }
      cursor = strstr(end + 1, sub_start); // returns pointer to next occurrence of <a
      sub_index++;
    }
  }

  return sub_strings;
}