Dynamic Memory Allocation

In C, dynamic memory allocation allows us to allocate memory at runtime instead of compile time.

In this lesson, you will learn:

• How to allocate memory using malloc, calloc, and realloc.
• How to free allocated memory using free.
• How to avoid memory leaks.

What is Dynamic Memory Allocation?

Normally, memory for variables is allocated at compile time.

With dynamic memory allocation, memory is allocated during program execution using special functions.

This is useful for managing arrays or structures of unknown size at compile time.