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  • Here malloc(), calloc(), realloc() are the memory allocation function. whereas free() is used to free the memory which is allocated by the above function.<\/li>\n
  • so the free() is odd term.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    • The function malloc() reserves a block of memory of specified size and return a pointer of type void which can be casted into pointer of any form.<\/li>\n
    • It allocates single block of memory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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      • calloc() allocates multiple blocks of memory each of same size and sets all bytes to zero.<\/li>\n
      • It allocates space for an array elements, initializes to zero and then returns a pointer to memory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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        • If suppose we assigned more or less memory than required, then we can change the size of the previously assigned memory space using realloc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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          • The function free is used to deallocate or free the memory after the program finishes which was dynamically allocated in the program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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