Added declaration of malloc (#31439)
* Added declaration of malloc * Updated synopsis of malloc function
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@ -6,8 +6,15 @@ malloc() is a library function that allows C to allocate memory dynamically from
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malloc() is part of stdlib.h and to be able to use it you need to use `#include <stdlib.h>`.
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## Synopsis
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```
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void *malloc(size_t size)
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void *free(void *ptr);
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```
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## Using Malloc
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malloc() allocates memory of a requested size and returns a pointer to the beginning of the allocated block. To hold this returned pointer, we must create a variable.
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Here we'll make a pointer to a soon-to-be array of ints
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```C
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int* arrayPtr;
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@ -30,7 +37,6 @@ This statement will deallocate the memory previously allocated. C does not come
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* Allocating memory allows objects to exist beyond the scope of the current block.
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* C passes by value instead of reference. Using malloc to assign memory, and then pass the pointer to another function, is more efficient than having the function recreate the structure.
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Difference between malloc() and calloc()
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1. Malloc() does not assignes the created memory to zero where as calloc() assignes the memory created to zero.
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2. malloc() is best suitable for Character data and calloc() for Numeric data.
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