The %malloc() function allocates a memory block of size bytes and returns the address of this block.
Syntax
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var = (char*)%malloc(size) |
Description
The memory is freed by the %free() built-in. If the system fails to allocate memory, a null pointer is returned.
If the FlashBASIC program terminates, the space allocated by %malloc is not released automatically. This feature can be used to create static data, live across program executions. The TCL environ command uses this fact.
Memory allocated by %malloc can be freed by exiting the D3 process.
Example(s)
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ptr=(char*)%malloc(2048) if ptr=0 then stop ’cannot allocate memory’ |
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