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CALLOC(3)                 NetBSD Programmer's Manual                 CALLOC(3)


NAME

     calloc - allocate clean memory (zero initialized space)


LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)


SYNOPSIS

     #include <stdlib.h>

     void *
     calloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size);


DESCRIPTION

     The calloc() function allocates space for an array of nmemb objects, each
     of whose size is size.  The space is initialized to all bits zero.


RETURN VALUES

     The calloc() function returns a pointer to the allocated space if suc-
     cessful; otherwise a null pointer is returned.


SEE ALSO

     malloc(3), realloc(3), free(3)


STANDARDS

     The calloc() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').

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