From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: nasty problems with free()
Date: 22 Apr 2001 11:36:46 -0700
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gehok55 AT hotmail DOT com (Josh) writes:

> how can i fix this?
> can i initialise *p after i do the scanf?
> it didnt seem to like that.

Sure.

int n;
Point *p;

scanf("%d", &n)
p = calloc(n, sizeof(Point));

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Nate Eldredge
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