PR_Calloc

Allocates zeroed memory from the heap for a number of objects of a given size.

Syntax

#include <prmem.h>

void *PR_Calloc (
   PRUint32 nelem,
   PRUint32 elsize);

Parameters

nelem: The number of elements of size elsize to be allocated.
elsize: The size of an individual element.

Returns

An untyped pointer to the allocated memory, or if the allocation attempt fails, NULL. Call PR_GetError() to retrieve the error returned by the libc function malloc().

Description

This function allocates memory on the heap for the specified number of objects of the specified size. All bytes in the allocated memory are cleared.