std::malloc

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Defined in header <cstdlib>
void *malloc( size_t size );

Allocates an area of memory.

[edit] Parameters

size

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number of bytes to allocate

[edit] Return value

pointer to the beginning of newly allocated memory or NULL if error has occurred. The pointer must be deallocated with free().

[edit] Notes

This function does not call constructors or initialize the memory in any way. Thus preferred method of memory allocation is new expression.