int function(a,b,sv)
        int a;
        unsigned short b;
        SV * sv;
    INIT:
        unsigned char ** c;
        // check if scalar is a reference and is referencing an array
        if(SvROK(sv) && SvTYPE(SvRV(sv)) == SVt_PVAV){
            // dereference array
            AV * av = (AV*)SvRV(sv);
            // get highest array index
            I32 c_len = av_len(av);
            // allocate array
            c = (unsigned char **)malloc(len + 1);
            // loop through array
            for(int i = 0; i <= c_len; i++){
                // store string in C array
                c[i] = (char*)SvPV_nolen((SV*)*av_fetch(av, i, 0));
            }
        }
    OUTPUT:
        RETVAL