how to free memory in c

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2// declare a pointer variable to point to allocated heap space
3int    *p_array;
4double *d_array;
5
6// call malloc to allocate that appropriate number of bytes for the array
7
8p_array = (int *)malloc(sizeof(int)*50);      // allocate 50 ints
9d_array = (int *)malloc(sizeof(double)*100);  // allocate 100 doubles
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11
12// use [] notation to access array buckets 
13// (THIS IS THE PREFERED WAY TO DO IT)
14for(i=0; i < 50; i++) {
15  p_array[i] = 0;
16}
17
18// you can use pointer arithmetic (but in general don't)
19double *dptr = d_array;    // the value of d_array is equivalent to &(d_array[0])
20for(i=0; i < 50; i++) {
21  *dptr = 0;
22  dptr++;
23}
24

1the C library function void free(void *ptr) 
2  deallocates the memory previously allocated by a call to calloc, malloc, or realloc.

1int *example = NULL; //create pointer
2example = malloc(sizeof(int)); //allocate memory
3free(example); //deallocate memory