I would like to know what is the difference between static memory allocation and dynamic memory allocation?
Could you explain this with any example?
7 Answers
This is a standard interview question:
Dynamic memory allocation
Is memory allocated at runtime using calloc(), malloc() and friends. It is sometimes also referred to as 'heap' memory, although it has nothing to do with the heap data-structure ref.
int * a = malloc(sizeof(int));
Heap memory is persistent until free() is called. In other words, you control the lifetime of the variable.
