char* str;
    char** match_list;
while (fscanf(inp, "%s", str) != EOF) {
        if (matches(str)) {
            *match_list = (char**)malloc(sizeof(char*));
            *(match_list + i) = str;
            i++;
        }
    }

char **array; //Your two dimensional array
int str_nos=10; //No of strings you want to have
int str_len=60; //Maximum length of each string
array=malloc( str_nos * sizeof(char *) );
//Above st allocates memory for no of char pointers or strings
for(i=0;i<str_nos;i++)
{
a[i]=malloc( str_len * sizeof(char *) );
}

char stringblock[MAX_NUM_LINES][MAX_LINE_LEN];

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
 
#define GROW_BY 32 /* Arbitrary size */
 
char *reads ( FILE *in, char *delim )
{
    char *result = NULL;
    size_t size = 0;
    size_t capacity = 0;
    int ch;
 
    while ( ( ch = getc ( in ) ) != EOF ) {
        if ( size == capacity ) {
            char *temp;
 
            capacity += GROW_BY;
            temp = realloc ( result, capacity + 1 );
 
            if ( temp == NULL ) {
                /*
                  This is a weak solution because it results in
                  loss of data. Recommend better error handling
                */
                free ( result );
                result = NULL;
                break;
            }
 
            result = temp;
        }
 
        /* Order is important here; run *after* the resize step */
        if ( strchr ( delim, ch ) != NULL )
            break;
 
        result[size++] = ch;
    }
 
    if ( result != NULL )
        result[size] = '\0';
 
    return result;
}
 
int main ( void )
{
    char *s;
 
    while ( ( s = reads ( stdin, " \n" ) ) != NULL ) {
        printf ( ">%s<\n", s );
        free ( s );
    }
 
    return 0;
}