What is the difference between malloc() and calloc() in C Language?
| calloc() | malloc() |
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| Description | The malloc() function allocates a single block of requested memory. | The calloc() function allocates multiple blocks of requested memory. |
| Initialization | It initializes the content of the memory to zero. | It does not initialize the content of memory, so it carries the garbage value. |
| Number of arguments | It consists of two arguments. | It consists of only one argument. |
| Return value | It returns a pointer pointing to the allocated memory. | It returns a pointer pointing to the allocated memory. |
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