# MALLOC

Elemental Intrinsic Function (Generic): Allocates a block of memory. This is a generic function that has no specific function associated with it. It must not be passed as an actual argument.

result = MALLOC (size)

size | (Input) Must be of type integer. This value is the size (in bytes) of memory to be allocated.

## Results

The result type is INTEGER(4) on IA-32 architecture; INTEGER(8) on Intel® 64 architecture. The result is the starting address of the allocated memory. The memory allocated can be freed by using the FREE intrinsic function.

## Example

      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

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