Tutorial by Examples: allocate

A a pointer to a piece of memory containing n elements may only be dereferenced if it is in the range memory and memory + (n - 1). Dereferencing a pointer outside of that range results in undefined behavior. As an example, consider the following code: int array[3]; int *beyond_array = array + 3; ...

When you are copying a string into a malloced buffer, always remember to add 1 to strlen. char *dest = malloc(strlen(src)); /* WRONG */ char *dest = malloc(strlen(src) + 1); /* RIGHT */ strcpy(dest, src); This is because strlen does not include the trailing \0 in the length. If you take the ...

PREPARE prepares a statement for execution EXECUTE executes a prepared statement DEALLOCATE PREPARE releases a prepared statement SET @s = 'SELECT SQRT(POW(?,2) + POW(?,2)) AS hypotenuse'; PREPARE stmt2 FROM @s; SET @a = 6; SET @b = 8; EXECUTE stmt2 USING @a, @b; Result: +------------+ |...

#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main (void) { int * pdata; size_t n; printf ("Enter the size of the array: "); fflush(stdout); /* Make sure the prompt gets printed to buffered stdout. */ if (1 != scanf("%zu", &n)) /* If zu is n...

In many languages, new instances of a class are created using a special new keyword. In Ruby, new is also used to create instances of a class, but it isn't a keyword; instead, it's a static/class method, no different from any other static/class method. The definition is roughly this: class MyClass ...

01 pointer-var usage POINTER. 01 character-field pic x(80) BASED value "Sample". ALLOCATE 1024 characters returning pointer-var ALLOCATE character-field ALLOCATE character-field INITIALIZED RETURNING pointer-var See http://open-cobol.sourceforge.net/faq/index.html#allo...

Caveat: alloca is only mentioned here for the sake of completeness. It is entirely non-portable (not covered by any of the common standards) and has a number of potentially dangerous features that make it un-safe for the unaware. Modern C code should replace it with Variable Length Arrays (VLA). Ma...