what's the return value of malloc()
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Answer / vrushali
If there is memory avaliablity in the system..
Then fisrt address of the memory allocated in returned.
Else NULL/Garbage value is returned.
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Answer / ravi a joshi
malloc() returns pointer to void. That is, pointer to the
first memory location of the allocated memory block. The
pointer type is unknown at this point, hence typecasting is
done later.
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Answer / monu verma
malloc returns void pointer to allocated memory location.
it is also called generic pointer
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Answer / shashidhar murthy
malloc returns a pointer to the allocated space if required
memory is found, else, a null pointer is returned and
'errno' is set to indicate the error.
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Answer / tamil
malloc is a pointer it is used to allocate memory
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Answer / ashish
Upon successful completion with size not equal to 0, malloc() shall return a pointer to the allocated space. If size is 0, either a null pointer or a unique pointer that can be successfully passed to free() shall be returned. Otherwise, it shall return a null pointer [CX] and set errno to indicate the error
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Answer / sourisengupta
malloc returns a pointer to the allocated space if required
memory is available otherwise it will return a null pointer.
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