Thread: malloc()

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    Just a Member ammar's Avatar
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    malloc()

    I know how to use new to dynamically allocate memory, but how can we use malloc() wich I think it's a C function?

    Can you give me an example.Thanks...

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    Here is one example of malloc() implementation.

    Code:
    const int bufSize = 100;
    TCHAR *pDataBuf = NULL;
    
    pDataBuf = reinterpret_cast<TCHAR *>(malloc(bufSize + 1));
    pDataBuf[bufSize] = '\0';
    ...
    free(pDataBuf);
    Here is a reference website with information on malloc().

    http://www.cplusplus.com/ref/cstdlib/malloc.html

    Kuphryn

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    So free is like delete?

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    So free is like delete?
    it frees the dynamically allocated memory,yeah,like delete does..
    actually new calls malloc and delete calls free.

    /btq
    ...viewlexx - julie lexx

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