ft_calloc.c

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/*   ft_calloc.c                                        :+:      :+:    :+:   */
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/*   By: aalvarez <aalvarez@student.42.fr>          +#+  +:+       +#+        */
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/*   Created: 2022/08/17 01:30:32 by aalvarez          #+#    #+#             */
/*   Updated: 2022/08/17 19:24:27 by aalvarez         ###   ########.fr       */
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#include "libft.h"
#include <stdlib.h>

/**
 * @brief allocates size bytes and
 * return a pointer to the allocated memory.
 * 
 * @param count number of elements to be allocated.
 * @param size size of each element allocated
 * @return void* the resultant byte allocation.
 */
void	*ft_calloc(size_t count, size_t size)
{
	void	*result;

	result = malloc(count * size);
	if (!result)
		return (NULL);
	ft_bzero(result, (count * size));
	return (result);
}