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

// split_into_something_like_argv
char ** split(char *starting_string, size_t *length){
	size_t spaces = 0;
	for(char *i = starting_string; *i; i++)
		if(*i == ' ')
			spaces++;

	char **return_value = malloc(sizeof(char*) * spaces);
	return_value[0] = starting_string;
	size_t word = 1;
	for(char *i = starting_string; *i; i++)
		if(*i == ' '){
			while(*(i+1) == ' '){
				*i = 0;
				i++;
			}
			return_value[word++] = i + 1;
			*i = 0;
		}
	*length = spaces;
	return return_value;
}

int main(int argc, char ** argv){
	char phrase[] = "There is a giraffe looking in the window right now.  The one on the East side of this room";
	size_t length;
	char ** words = split(phrase, &length);
	printf("[");
	for(int i = 0; i < length; i++)
		printf("%s, ", words[i]);
	printf("\b\b]\n");
	free(words);
	return 0;
}