malloc

 NAME
  malloc  - allocate memory, the memory is NOT automatically cleared

 SYNOPSIS
  void *ptr = malloc(bytes);
  size_t bytes;

 FUNCTION
  malloc allocates the specified number of bytes of memory.  The
  returned pointer is longword aligned.

  malloc returns NULL if the memory could not be allocated.  Note
  that, unlike calloc, malloc does NOT ZERO THE MEMORY it
  returns.

 EXAMPLE
  /*
   *  allocate 16 objects and fill with junk, same as calloc example
   *  but uses malloc instead.  Note that using malloc has the
   *  advantage of not having to do a run time multiplication (and
   *  possibly not bring in _muls or _mulu from c.lib to accomplish
   *  this)
   */

  #include <stdlib.h>
  #include <assert.h>

  typedef struct {
      long a, b, c;
  } Junk;

  main()
  {
      Junk *jp;

      jp = malloc(sizeof(Junk) * 16);
      assert(jp);

      setmem(jp, sizeof(Junk) * 16, 0);

      {
      Junk *tj = jp;
      short i;

      for (i = 0; i < 16; ++i, ++tj) {
          tj->a = 1;
          tj->b = 2;
          tj->c = 3;
      }
      }
      free(jp);
      return(0);
  }

 INPUTS
  size_t bytes;       number of bytes to allocate

 RESULTS
  void *ptr;      pointer to base of allocated memory.  The memory
              is not zerod.

 SEE ALSO
  calloc, strdup