Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 13:31:20 -0400 From: mpd <mpd@rochester.rr.com> To: Paul Everlund <tdv94ped@cs.umu.se> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: OT: Re: C malloc question Message-ID: <20020513133120.A45757@rochester.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0205131845160.22929-100000@gren.cs.umu.se>; from tdv94ped@cs.umu.se on Mon, May 13, 2002 at 07:06:57PM %2B0200 References: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0205131845160.22929-100000@gren.cs.umu.se>
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On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 07:06:57PM +0200, Paul Everlund wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I have a question regarding malloc and returning arrays in C.
>
> The following C program is an example.
>
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <string.h>
>
> static char *init()
> {
> char *str;
> int i;
>
> str = (char *)malloc(sizeof(char), 128);
> for(i = 0; i < 127; i++)
> str[i] = "A";
> str[i] = '\0';
> return str;
> }
>
> int main()
> {
> int i;
>
> for(i = 0; i < 500000; i++)
> init();
> printf("%s\n", init());
> return 0;
> }
>
> This program takes up a lot of malloc'ed memory after a while,
> so how do one return arrays and free memory in the main function
> everytime the array have been used? I would like to not use fix-
> ed size arrays, as the real function should be general enough
> to handle all kind of array sizes.
>
> As the size is known in the main function, I guess I could send
> in a buffer to get the data, as in init(char *buf), but I would
> like to avoid this.
>
> What is the best solution for this problem?
Either what you said, or use a global variable.
Given the choice, I would pass the pointer to the function.
>
> Thanks a lot in advance!
>
> Best regards,
> Paul
>
mike
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