The Heap and More

Question 1

Is the heap outside the call stack?

Answer 1

yes

Question 2

How is memory assigned to the heap?

Answer 2

By the operating system

Question 3

How can a function access memory from the heap?

Answer 3

Using a pointer to it

Question 4

From C’s perspective, a 1-d array is just a :

Answer 4

pointer

Question 5

How do we get memory from the heap in C?

Answer 5

Alternative to malloc: calloc

Conceptually creates an array of values and sets the memory to be 0.
Format: void *calloc (int array_size, int size_of_one_array_entry)

Question 6

Does space in the heap change dynamically?

Answer 6

No, you must change the size as you need to.