What is the name of the header file that contains the declaration of the malloc() function in C and C++?
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It's in stdlib.h (C) and cstdlib (C++).
In general, for such questions, just try to look on google: "c++ function". Most often the first hit will point to cplusplus.com for me containing a complete reference to the standard stuff.
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6cplusplus.com is not a very good reference. It contains subtle but important errors in descriptions of many functions in the C standard. No idea how accurate it is for C++ stuff. – R.. GitHub STOP HELPING ICE Sep 03 '11 at 13:09
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Haven't had any real issues yet (ignoring cross platform differences). – Mario Sep 03 '11 at 15:53
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One example that comes to mind is its documentation of what `scanf` returns. – R.. GitHub STOP HELPING ICE Sep 03 '11 at 16:13
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1This has now, ironically, become one of the top google results for this search. – Zimri Leisher Mar 13 '22 at 20:45
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2@ZimriLeisher Psst! Recursion at work! – Mario Mar 15 '22 at 17:57