How do i use malloc?

[Josh Kasten]

How do i use malloc?
My program program crashes if i use it more than once.

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[Josh Kasten]

I can't find anything that tells me how to use it

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char *str;

str = (char *)malloc(10); // str now points to a block of 10 bytes (error check this)

free(str); // Free the memory

str = NULL; // So we don't accidently cause a crash by accessing memory that we free'd 

[Josh Kasten]

ops i mean to say realloc