Dynamic memory management

Functions

Defined in header <stdlib.h>
malloc
 allocates memory
(function)
calloc
 allocates and zeroes memory
(function)
realloc
 expands previously allocated memory block
(function)
free
 deallocates previously allocated memory
(function)
free_sized
(C23)
 deallocates previously allocated sized memory
(function)
free_aligned_sized
(C23)
 deallocates previously allocated sized and aligned memory
(function)
aligned_alloc
(C11)
 allocates aligned memory
(function)

See also

C++ documentation for C memory management library

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