ft_calloc.c

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/*   ft_calloc.c                                        :+:      :+:    :+:   */
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/*   By: arepsa <arepsa@student.42porto.com>        +#+  +:+       +#+        */
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/*   Created: 2023/04/14 09:07:33 by arepsa            #+#    #+#             */
/*   Updated: 2023/04/14 09:07:38 by arepsa           ###   ########.fr       */
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#include "libft.h"

/*allocates memory for an array of nmemb elements of size bytes each..
..and returns a pointer to the allocated memory. 
The memory is set to zero.*/
/*If nmemb or size is 0, then calloc() returns either NULL, 
or a unique pointer value that can later be successfully passed to free().*/
void	*ft_calloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size)
{
	void	*p;

	p = malloc (nmemb * size);
	if (!p)
		return (NULL);
	ft_memset (p, 0, nmemb * size);
	return (p);
}