Question

Write two statements that each use malloc to allocate an int location for each pointer. Sample output for given program:

Answer 1

Answer:

#include <stdio.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void) {

   int* numPtr1 = NULL;

   int* numPtr2 = NULL;

   /* Your solution goes here */

   numPtr1 = (int *) malloc(10);

   numPtr2 = (int *) malloc(20);

   *numPtr1 = 44;

   *numPtr2 = 99;

   printf("numPtr1 = %d, numPtr2 = %d\n", *numPtr1, *numPtr2);

   free(numPtr1);

   free(numPtr2);

   return 0;

}

Explanation:

The C library malloc function is used to assign memory locations (in bytes) to variables. It accepts the size parameter and returns a pointer to the specified variable location.

The two malloc statements above assign two memory locations 10 and 20 to the numPtr1 and numPtr2 integer variables respectively.