malloc vs calloc

Arguments



malloc

malloc takes only one argument.


malloc(size in bytes);


calloc

calloc takes two arguments.


calloc(number of elements, size of the element);

Initialization



malloc

malloc doesn't initialize the memory area.

The allocated memory area will have garbage values.

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malloc in c

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calloc

calloc initialize the memory area to zero.

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calloc in c

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