Answer to Question #57892 in C for Mandy

Question

int mallocPlusStrcpy(const char* src, char* dst)

This function should take in a char*, which may be null or may or may not otherwise be populated with data, allocate a new char* dst of appropriate length, correctly copy the string, and return the number of bytes copied.

Something is wrong with the function definition you are given above. What is it? Provide a corrected function definition.

Answer 1

Answer: mallocPlusStrcpy(const char* src)

because memory must be both allocated and free in main or in mallocPlusStrcpy