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Old 05-17-2011
Passing by reference question
Hello All,

I have a question in the following sample code:

If I am passing a reference of a variable, will the dynamic allocation happen in which it is passed?

Will the dynamic allocation will actually change the memory contents of char array "arr"?

Code:
int main()
{
 
char *arr;
 
arr = (char*) malloc(15);
 
fxn(&arr);
 
}
 
int fxn(char** i)
{
 
//allocated memory: will this change the memory of char array "arr"?
 
*i = (char*) malloc(25);
 
//sm code
 
}

Thank you everyone in advance.
Last edited by mind@work; 05-17-2011 at 10:56 AM..
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Old 05-17-2011
Yes, it will.
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