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What is dynamic memory allocation? How can we free the memory when variables are no longer in use?

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posted Dec 17, 2013 by Prachi Agarwal

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commented Dec 18, 2013 by Vikas Upadhyay

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Dynamic memory allocation is where your program requests the allocation and use of memory from the operating system via the run-time library.

malloc - allocates the specified number of bytes
realloc - increases or decreases the size of the specified block of memory. Reallocates it if needed
calloc - allocates the specified number of bytes and initializes them to zero
free - releases the specified block of memory back to the system

answer Dec 17, 2013 by Satyabrata Mahapatra
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Dynamic memory allocation is where your program requests the allocation and use of memory from the operating system at run time based on the need of the process.

In C we can use malloc/calloc for allocation of the memory and free() to release it.
In C++ we can use new and delete operators to achieve the same(however malloc/calloc or free can also be used in C++)

answer Dec 17, 2013 by Salil Agrawal
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