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What are the differences between malloc () and calloc ()?

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Malloc 

  • Malloc takes one argument Malloc(a); where a number of bytes
  • memory allocated contains garbage values

calloc

  • Calloc takes two arguments Calloc(b,c) where b no of object and c size of object
  • It initializes the contains of block of memory to zerosMalloc takes one argument, memory allocated contains garbage values. It allocates contiguous memory locations. Calloc takes two arguments, memory allocated contains all zeros, and the memory allocated is not contiguous