Question

How to allocates dynamic memory for a string in C

Answer 1

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

#define SIZE 13

int main(void)
{
    // The pointer *s allocated on the stack
    // The dynamic memory is allocated on the heap
    char *s = (char *)malloc(SIZE * sizeof(char));
   
    strcpy(s, "c c++");
    printf("s = %s\n", s);
    free(s);

    return 0;
}

  
/*
run:
    
s = c c++

*/

 

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