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Understanding realloc()

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The realloc shrinks/expands the already dynamically assigned memory as per the request but does it mandatorily also copy the data to the new memory block if the block cannot be decreased/expanded.....???
Mar 5 '07 #1
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The realloc shrinks/expands the already dynamically assigned memory as per the request but does it mandatorily also copy the data to the new memory block if the block cannot be decreased/expanded.....???

Hi SajoSG,
Realloc is a function which attempts to change the size of a previous allocated block of memory. The new size can be larger or smaller. If the block is made larger then the old contents remain unchanged and memory is added to the end of the block. If the size is made smaller then the remaining contents are unchanged.

If the original block size cannot be resized then realloc will attempt to assign a new block of memory and will copy the old block contents. Note a new pointer (of different value) will consequently be returned. You must use this new value. If new memory cannot be reallocated then realloc returns NULL.

Hope this answers your question...

Regards,
Chella
Mar 6 '07 #2

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