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C - calloc function
Synopsis:
#include <stdio.h>
void *calloc(int num elems, int elem_size);
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Description:
Allocates a block of memory for an array of num elements, each of them size bytes long, and initializes all its bits to zero.
Return Value
A pointer to the memory block allocated by the function.
Example
#include <stdio.h>
int main ()
{
int i,n;
int * pData;
printf ("Amount of numbers to be entered: ");
scanf ("%d",&i);
pData = (int*) calloc (i,sizeof(int));
if (pData==NULL) exit (1);
for (n=0;n<i;n++)
{
printf ("Enter number #%d: ",n);
scanf ("%d",&pData[n]);
}
printf ("You have entered: ");
for (n=0;n<i;n++) printf ("%d ",pData[n]);
free (pData);
return 0;
}
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It will proiduce following result:
Amount of numbers to be entered: 10
Enter number #0: 2
Enter number #1: 3
Enter number #2: 3
Enter number #3: 4
Enter number #4: 5
Enter number #5: 6
Enter number #6: 7
Enter number #7: 8
Enter number #8: 3
Enter number #9: 9
You have entered: 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 9
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