diff --git a/qscr/c/gai/fixedynarr.c b/qscr/c/gai/fixedynarr.c
index ac68857..1edf65d 100644
--- a/qscr/c/gai/fixedynarr.c
+++ b/qscr/c/gai/fixedynarr.c
@@ -1,68 +1,100 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <time.h>
-struct IntArrayStr{
-  int *data;
+
+/*
+  todo
+  change intarray into str array
+  make push array malloc for new str
+  make input strings instead of int (should use fgets?)
+*/
+
+struct StringArray{
+  char **data;
   size_t length;
   size_t capacity;
 };
 
-void read_int_array_str(struct IntArrayStr *in_str) {
+void print_SA(struct StringArray *in_str) {
   for (size_t i = 0; i < in_str->length; i++) {
-	printf("digit:%zu = %d\n", i, in_str->data[i]);
+	printf("word:%zu = %s\n", i, in_str->data[i]);
   }
 }
 
-struct IntArrayStr *create_int_array_str(size_t in_capacity) {
-  struct IntArrayStr *mystr = malloc(sizeof(struct IntArrayStr));	//allocate memory for struct
+struct StringArray *SA_create(size_t in_capacity) {
+  struct StringArray *mystr = malloc(sizeof(struct StringArray));	//allocate memory for struct
 
-  mystr->data = malloc(sizeof(int) * in_capacity);					//make sure the pointer in the struct points to the array
+  mystr->data = malloc(sizeof(char*) * in_capacity);					//make sure the pointer in the struct points to the array
   mystr->length = 0;												//forgot to actually assign a value to the struct
   mystr->capacity = in_capacity;
   
   if (mystr->data == NULL) {
-	exit(0);
+	exit(1);
   }
 
   return mystr;
 }
 
+int get_string_len(char *in_string){
+  int length = 0;
+  char currchar;
+  do {
+	currchar = in_string[length];
+	length++;
+  }
+  while (currchar != '\0');
+
+  printf("length of word: %d\n", length); //for some reason length is always 2 more than expected, so 1 more than necessary? apparently because of \n, not sure how to filter that.
+  return length;
+}
+
+
 /* push value to struct, also handle realloc */
-void push_int_array_str(int in_int, struct IntArrayStr *in_str){
+void SA_push(char *in_string, struct StringArray *in_str){
   if (in_str->length == in_str->capacity) {						//check if already full
     in_str->capacity*=2;										//if so we should double
-	printf("intarray capacity is now:%zu\n", in_str->capacity);
-	int *temp;													//create a temporary pointer 
-    temp = realloc(in_str->data, sizeof(int)*in_str->capacity); //realloc the data into a new bucket
+	printf("array capacity is now:%zu\n", in_str->capacity);
+	char **temp;													//create a temporary pointer 
+    temp = realloc(in_str->data, sizeof(char*)*in_str->capacity); //realloc the data into a new bucket
 	if(temp == NULL){exit(0);};									//check if actually valid
 	in_str->data = temp;										//if valid, make sure the pointer in the struct points to the realloced block
   }
-  in_str->data[in_str->length] = in_int;
-  printf("number:%zu = %d\n", in_str->length, in_str->data[in_str->length]);
+  
+  char *newword = malloc(sizeof(char) * get_string_len(in_string)); //allocate memory for new string, apparantly my function already includes the length of null term
+  strcpy(newword, in_string); //copy word into memory
+  in_str->data[in_str->length] = newword;
+  printf("word:%zu = %s\n", in_str->length, in_str->data[in_str->length]);
   in_str->length++; //didn't read the flow when transferring and accidentally put this in the if block
-  printf("intarray length is now:%zu\n", in_str->length);
+  printf("array length is now:%zu\n", in_str->length);
   //also had an off-by-one error because I increased length before doing anything
 }
 
+
+void SA_free(struct StringArray *inp_str) {
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < inp_str->length; i++) { //for each pointer in array
+	free(inp_str->data[i]); //free at pointer 
+  }
+  free(inp_str->data); //free pointer to pointers
+  free(inp_str); //free the struct
+}
+
 int main() {
   srand(time(NULL));
-  printf("input numbers:\n");
+  printf("input words:\n");
 
-  struct IntArrayStr *myintarraystr = create_int_array_str(2);
+  struct StringArray *mystringarraystr = SA_create(2);
 
-  int input;
-  size_t length = 10;
-  
-  while (input != -1) {
-	scanf("%d", &input);
-	push_int_array_str(input, myintarraystr);
-  }
+  char input[50];
+  do{ 
+	fgets(input, sizeof(input), stdin); //get input from stdin of size input[] and put it in input
+	SA_push(input, mystringarraystr); //push the value of input into mystr
+  } while (*input != '-');
 
-  read_int_array_str(myintarraystr);
+  print_SA(mystringarraystr);
 
-  free(myintarraystr->data);
-  free(myintarraystr);
+  SA_free(mystringarraystr);
 
   return 0;
 }