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Dynamic memory allocation in C

The process of allocating memory at run time is known as dynamic memory allocation. Although C does not inherently have this facility, there are four library routines that can be used for allocating and freeing memory during program execution: malloc, calloc, realloc and free

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malloc vs calloc vs realloc

We take a deep look into the 3 dynamic memory allocation techniques in C/ C++ namely malloc, calloc and realloc and explore the difference. malloc stand for memory allocations, calloc for contiguous allocation and realloc for re-allocation.