What is the difference between "calloc" and "malloc"?
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Answer / shweta
calloc initializes memory with 0 while malloc doesn't
initializes.
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Answer / ven
In addiion, calloc requires two parameters whereas ,malloc
only one
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Answer / vijay
Calloc allocates the array of blocks of memory whearas
malloc allocates the memory of the size given as an
argument.
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Answer / saugat biswas
Malloc:
Malloc allocates memory but does not initialize it.
Example: char *szPtr = ( char* ) malloc( sizeof( char ) *
100 );
Here szPtr is assigned 100 bytes. But the memory is not
initialized. It contains garbage.
Calloc:
Allocates a block of memory for an array of 'n' elements,
each of them 'l' bytes long, and initializes all its bits
to zero.
Example: char *szPtr = ( char* ) calloc( 100, sizeof(
char ));
Here szPtr is assigned 100 bytes & the memory is
initialized to 0.
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calloc means alloting memory dynamically
malloc means alloting memory at first and it is fixed
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Answer / subhrajit
mallco is used in c language for static memory location in
heap area and i donot no the calloc.
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Answer / samveethsingh
malloc:
malloc create the single block of given size by user
calloc:
calloc creates multiple blocks of given size
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Answer / edwin
malloc - create the memory space
calloc-calculate the memory space
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Answer / srikanth
MALLOC ASSIGNS O VALUE , WHERE AS CALLOC ASSIGNS GARBAGE
VALUE.
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