For E.g i declare an array t[5]; and later in the program i want increase the array size can i declare the same array let say t[10]; again ,
without creating a new array with a larger size and copy all of the old values into the new array.
Can you change the size of an array ? what is dynamic memory allocation can that help ?
how can i solve this issue?
thanks
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Last edited by nevx; 07-11-2020 at 03:06 AM.
Originally Posted by nevx
You can't. In C, arrays declare buffers in memory. You cannot resize them. However you can achieve what you want with malloc() and realloc(). use malloc() to create a dynamic array of the initial size, then when you want to resize it, call realloc().
malloc() allocates a chunk of memory from what we call the "heap", that is memory avialable to the program which is neither initialised at start up (globals), nor on the stack. It is used extensively in C programming, especially for large objects like images.
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thanks , reading up on malloc() and realloc()
You might also want to try and make the variable you use with `malloc` and `realloc` initialized to `NULL`. Then you can just use `realloc` in a loop without the initial call to `malloc`.
