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01 // PROJECT AT A GLANCE

C POOL — DAY 08

C

Asking the system for memory — and remembering to give it back.

Until now, the size of everything was known in advance. This day teaches you to claim memory during execution, when you only find out at the last moment how much you will need. It is powerful and comes with no guardrails: forgetting to give it back, or asking for too little, is paid for immediately.

Dynamic allocation with malloc: string duplication, parameter concatenation, splitting into a word array and base conversion.

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DELIVERYTEAM RECORD
VERIFICATIONgcc/g++
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02 // PROJECT SIGNALS

DATE:
2018
PRIMARY LANG:
C
GRADE:
B
DURATION:
1 day
SECONDARY:
—
STACK:
gcc / Git

03 // KEY OUTCOMES

  • Splitting a string into a word array, a building block reused in every parsing project
  • First contact with memory leaks and buffer overruns

04 // SOURCE TREE

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