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

// declare the function
//
void copy_args(int argc, char** argv_out, char** argv_in);

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

  char** argv_2;
  copy_args(argc, argv_2, argv);

  fprintf(stdout, "the number of arguments was %ld\n", argc);
  for (long i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
    fprintf(stdout, "%ld: in:<%s> out:<%s>\n", i, argv[i], argv_2[i]);
  }
}

// add your implementation here
//
void copy_args(int argc, char** argv_out, char** argv_in) {

  // Create temporary pointer to array to hold the argument count
  //
  char** new_arg = new char*[argc];
  
  // Loop over number of args and store the length of char string in each argument plus a null char to each index
  //
  for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
    new_arg[i] = new char[strlen(argv_in[i])+1];
    strcpy(new_arg[i], argv_in[i]);
      }
 
  // Point to argv_out and set it equivalent to the address of the pointer array for new_arg
  // 
  *argv_out = **&new_arg;
  
  // Free memory created with new_arg to ensure no memory leaks
  //
  delete [] new_arg;
 }