## 9.3.92 MALLOC (I)

Description: | Allocates a block of memory. This specific function cannot be passed as an actual argument.
Class: | Elemental function; Specific
Arguments: | I must be of type integer. This value is the size (in bytes) of memory to be allocated. On OpenVMS systems, if the argument is INTEGER(8), a 64-bit (P3) space is allocated.
Results: | The result is of type integer(4) on ia32 processors; INTEGER(8) on Alpha and ia64 processors. The result is the starting address of the allocated memory. The memory allocated can be freed by using the FREE intrinsic function (see Section 9.3.55).

Examples

Consider the following:

      INTEGER(4) SIZE
      REAL(4) STORAGE(*)
      POINTER (ADDR, STORAGE)     ! ADDR will point to STORAGE
      SIZE = 1024                 ! Size in bytes
      ADDR = MALLOC(SIZE)         ! Allocate the memory
      CALL FREE(ADDR)             ! Free it
      END

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