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




typedef char *cell;
typedef cell **Board;

#define SIZE 4
//Function Prototypes
Board newBoard();
char* nullPtr();


int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

    int i = 0;
    int j = 0;
	Board board = newBoard();
       while (i < SIZE) {
        j = 0;
        while (j < SIZE) {

           // board[i][j] = nullPtr();
            printf("%s", board[i][j]);
            j++;
        }
        printf("\n");
        i++;
    }
    printf("%s\n", board[1][1]);
    return 0;
}


Board newBoard() {

    Board myBoard = (Board)malloc(sizeof(cell*) * SIZE);
    int i = 0;
    while (i < SIZE) {
        myBoard[i] =(cell*)malloc(sizeof(cell) * SIZE);
        i++;
    }
    int c = 0;
    int j = 0;
    while (c < SIZE) {
        j = 0;
        while (j < SIZE) {
            myBoard[c][j] = nullPtr();
            j++;
        }
        c++;
    }
       return myBoard;
}

char* nullPtr() {


    return NULL;

}


































/*
#define SIZE 10
char* mallocFunction();
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {

    char *ptr;
    ptr = mallocFunction();
    printf("%c\n", ptr[1]);
    printf("%c\n", ptr[2]);

    printf("%c\n", *(ptr)+1);


}

char* mallocFunction() {
    char *array = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char) * SIZE);
    int i = 0;
    while (i < SIZE) {

        array[i] = 'e' ;
        i++;

    }

return array;
}
*/ /*
typedef char *cell;
typedef cell **Board;

#define SIZE 4
//Function Prototypes
Board newBoard();
char* nullPtr();


int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {


	Board board = newBoard();       //returned myBoard. which board is now a char*** to myBoard
    int i = 0;
    int j = 0;
    while (i < SIZE) {
        j = 0;
        while (j < SIZE) {
            board[i][j] = nullPtr();
            printf("%s", board[i][j]);      //print out elements in aray
            j++;
        }
        printf("\n");                       //after printing first 4 elements keep printing in next row and so on so forth.
        i++;
    }
//  printf("%s\n",board[1][1]);

    return 0;
}


Board newBoard() {

    Board myBoard = (Board)malloc(sizeof(cell*) * SIZE);
    int i = 0;
    while (i < SIZE) {
        myBoard[i] =(cell*)malloc(sizeof(cell) * SIZE);

      //  myBoard[i] = '1';
        i++;
    }
    return myBoard;
}

char* nullPtr() {


    return NULL;

}



*/