How can I rewrite this code without using a VLA? C programming.

while (fgets(line, MAX_LENGTH, in) != NULL) //Counting lines { lines++; }

rewind(in);//Returns to start of file

char array[lines - 1][MAX_LENGTH]; int s = 0;

// Copy strings to array while (fgets(line, MAX_LENGTH, in) != NULL) { strcpy(array[s], line); // Copy from file }