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PR_Calloc
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Allocates zeroed memory from the heap for a number of objects of a given
size.
Syntax
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.. code::
#include <prmem.h>
void *PR_Calloc (
PRUint32 nelem,
PRUint32 elsize);
Parameters
~~~~~~~~~~
``nelem``
The number of elements of size ``elsize`` to be allocated.
``elsize``
The size of an individual element.
Returns
~~~~~~~
An untyped pointer to the allocated memory, or if the allocation attempt
fails, ``NULL``. Call ``PR_GetError()`` to retrieve the error returned
by the libc function ``malloc()``.
Description
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This function allocates memory on the heap for the specified number of
objects of the specified size. All bytes in the allocated memory are
cleared.