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I made a Replace fuction that works while I debug (Vs 2005 ) the compiled file closes due to some some any help would be appreciated


this is my code

char* _replace(char* source_str,char* search_str,char* replace_str,char* ostr)
{
char *data = source_str;
char *orgdata = data;
int ser_sz = strlen(search_str);
int rep_sz = strlen(replace_str);
char _k = 0;
ostr = malloc(strlen(source_str));
ostr[0] = '\0';		/* remove garbage value */
if (rep_sz >= ser_sz){ _k = 1; } 
do{
  char *p = strstr(data,search_str);	/* get the pointer to the first occurrence */
	if (!p){ 
         strcat(ostr,orgdata);	/*append the rest*/
         break;
	}
	if (!_k) {
		realloc(ostr,(strlen(ostr) + rep_sz-ser_sz));
	}
  strncat(ostr,orgdata,p - orgdata);	/*append the rest of the string*/
  data = p + ser_sz;	/*ignore the search term*/
  strncat(ostr,replace_str,rep_sz);	/* place the replace string*/
  orgdata = p + ser_sz;	/* save the current data*/
  	}while(1);
   
return ostr;
}