$ cat curiosity.txt
SEGFAULT

    /*
     * you can make 2-d array like so
     * This can work for integers well
     * but not so well for strings. Kind of
     * awkward actually
     */
    char states[3][3] = {
        {  'a' , 'b' ,'\0' } ,
        { 'd' , 'e' , '\0' } ,
        { 'g', 'h', '\0' }
    };
    int num_states = 3;

    for(i = 0; i < num_states; i++) {
        printf("state %d: %s  \n", i, states[i]);
    }

    return 0;
}

 20     char states[][3] = {
 21         {  'a' , 'b' ,'\0' } ,
 22         { 'd' , 'e' , '\0' } ,
 23         { 'g', 'h', '\0' }
 24     };

 20     char states[][] = {
 21         {  'a' , 'b' ,'\0' } ,
 22         { 'd' , 'e' , '\0' } ,
 23         { 'g', 'h', '\0' }
 24     };