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What's wrong with "char *p = malloc(10);" ?

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What's wrong with "char *p = malloc(10);" ?..

Answer / guest

malloc returns a void pointer. It needs to be cast to char*
before allocating it to char* variable.
char *p = (char *)malloc(10); should do fine.

Is This Answer Correct ?    26 Yes 2 No

What's wrong with "char *p = malloc(10);" ?..

Answer / poornima

Nothing wrong.Its fine..
if u hve further doubt run the below code.

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
char *p=malloc(10);
if(p==NULL)
{
printf("malloc failed");
exit(0);
}
else
{
printf("malloc success\n");
p="hai";
printf("%s",p);
}
return 0;
}

o/p:
malloc success
hai

Is This Answer Correct ?    6 Yes 10 No

What's wrong with "char *p = malloc(10);" ?..

Answer / guest

Function calls are not allowed in initializers for global or
static variables.

Is This Answer Correct ?    3 Yes 12 No

What's wrong with "char *p = malloc(10);" ?..

Answer / splurgeop

malloc return an adress to the free memory..so we shud
store the adress i.e.
the above should be

char p=malloc(10);

Is This Answer Correct ?    1 Yes 16 No

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