C - calloc() v. malloc()

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Kevin Meredith picture Kevin Meredith · Aug 10, 2010 · Viewed 71.1k times · Source

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c difference between malloc and calloc

Please explain the significance of this statement,

Another difference between the malloc() and calloc() functions is that the memory allocated by malloc( ) function contains garbage values, while memory allocated by calloc( ) function contains all zeros.

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Edward Leno picture Edward Leno · Aug 10, 2010

From http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_it_better_to_use_malloc_or_calloc_to_allocate_memory

malloc() is faster, since calloc() initializes the allocated memory to contain all zeros. Since you typically would want to use and initialize the memory yourself, this additional benefit of calloc() may not be necessary.

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