Dynamic memory allocation is when an executing program requests that the operating system give it a block of main memory . The program then uses this memory for some purpose.
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In C, dynamic memory is allocated from the heap using some standard library functions . The two key dynamic memory functions are malloc() and free(). The malloc() function takes a single parameter, which is the size of the requested memory area in bytes. It returns a pointer to the allocated memory.
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