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.TH SDL_calloc 3 "SDL 3.2.8" "Simple Directmedia Layer" "SDL3 FUNCTIONS"
.SH NAME
SDL_calloc \- Allocate a zero-initialized array\[char46]
.SH HEADER FILE
Defined in SDL3/SDL_stdinc\[char46]h

.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include \(dqSDL3/SDL.h\(dq
.PP
.BI "void * SDL_calloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The memory returned by this function must be freed with

.BR SDL_free
()\[char46]

If either of
.BR nmemb
or
.BR size
is 0, they will both be set to 1\[char46]

.SH FUNCTION PARAMETERS
.TP
.I nmemb
the number of elements in the array\[char46]
.TP
.I size
the size of each element of the array\[char46]
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns a pointer to the allocated array, or NULL if allocation
failed\[char46]

.SH THREAD SAFETY
It is safe to call this function from any thread\[char46]

.SH AVAILABILITY
This function is available since SDL 3\[char46]2\[char46]0\[char46]

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR \(bu (3),
.BR SDL_free (3),
.BR \(bu (3),
.BR SDL_malloc (3),
.BR \(bu (3),
.BR SDL_realloc (3)