Answer 1

malloc:
Parameters: Int, size of memory in bytes
Returns: void *, pointer to void , need to be type casted into valid pointer for proper pointer arithmetic.

calloc:
Parameters:
Int, size of each block in bytes, and
Int, total number of blocks.
Returns: same as malloc

Example:

int *arr = (int *)malloc(ELEMENT_COUNT * sizeof(int));

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