When do you use malloc in c++?
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To allocate the specified number of bytes, the C++ function malloc() is used. It provides a reference to the first byte of memory that has been allocated. A dynamic memory allocation mechanism, malloc() allocates memory at runtime. If it fails, it gives back a null pointer.