/*
*
*  This software was developed by the Thermal Modeling and Analysis
*  Project(TMAP) of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
*  Administration's (NOAA) Pacific Marine Environmental Lab(PMEL),
*  hereafter referred to as NOAA/PMEL/TMAP.
*
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*/


/* 
 * *sh* 9/2000
 * *sh* 6/01 - allow null pointers (free memory only if non-null)
 * 
 *   Free the string arrays pointed to by this Ferret variable 
 *   Note: for portability the Ferret array is 8-byte
 */

#include <Python.h> /* make sure Python.h is first */
#include <stdlib.h>

void free_c_string_array_(fer_ptr, length)
     char*** fer_ptr;
     int* length;
{
   char** each_str_ptr = *fer_ptr;
   int i;

   /* free the individual strings */
   for (i=0; i<*length; i++) {
      if ( *each_str_ptr != NULL ) {
         free(*each_str_ptr);
         *each_str_ptr = NULL;
      }
      each_str_ptr += 8/sizeof(char**);
   }
   /* memory for the array itself is from Ferret's memory block */
}
