Program for String Matching with Finite Automata in C

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
char * prefix(char * c,int start, int end,int size)
{   int i;
    char *temp=(char *)malloc(size*sizeof(char));
    for(i=0;i<size;i++)
       temp[i]=c[start++];
    return temp;
}
char * suffix(char * c,int start, int end,int size)
{   int i,j;
    char *temp=(char *)malloc(size*sizeof(char));
    for(j=0,i=end-size+1;i<=end;i++,j++)
       temp[j]=c[i];
    return temp;
}
int match(char * a, char *b)
{  int i=0;
    while(a[i]!='\0')
     {
if(a[i]!=b[i])
 return 0;
i++;
     }
    return 1;
}
int sigma(char * t , char * p ,int i)
{
  int j,v=0;
  for(j=0;p[j]!='\0';j++)
     if(match(suffix(t,0,i,j+1),prefix(p,0,j,j+1)))
v=j+1;
  return v;
}
int main()
{  char a[]="dfhghjgfjschhscgchgfbgfsgfjh";
   char b[]="jhgfj";
   printf("%d\n",sigma(a,b,8));
   
 
}