The C Users' Group Library 1994 August/wc-cdrom-cusersgrouplibrary-1994-08.iso/listings/v_09_09/9n09104a

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    long *datapointer;
    int ticks, stopcount;
    ...
     datapointer=(long *) malloc(stopcount*sizeof(long));
     ticks=0;
     while (ticks <=stopcount)
          {                        /*ERROR: Put last data
                                   item off the end of the
                                   malloc'd array while
                                   processing a predefined
                                   amount of incoming data
                                   from a comm channel. */
          if(dataready)
               {                   /* wait for data-ready signal */
               *(datapointer + ticks) = process_data();
               ticks++;
               }
          }