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// Demonstrate a growable array 
// - NB This code contains an unnecessary call to malloc()
// - to simulate the behavior of realloc() in a larger, 
// - more realistic program whether there is other 
// - dynamic memory allocation

# define GROWBY 4
// Growable array of floats
typedef struct floatarray {
  float *values;
  int nvals;
  int buflen;
}Floatarray;

// Allocate a new growable array
 Floatarray* newfloatarray(void){
»  Floatarray *f;

»  f=xmalloc(sizeof *f);// NB xmalloc checks for NULL
»  f->buflen=f->nvals=0;
»  f->values=NULL;

»  return f;
}
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// Add a value to an array, extending it if necessary
 void addtoarray(Floatarray *f,float value){
  // Check to see if we need to extend the array
»  if (f->nvals==f->buflen) {
»    f->buflen+=GROWBY;
»    f->values=realloc(f->values, f->buflen*sizeof f->values);
  }
»  f->values(f->nvals)=value;
»  f->nvals++;
}
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 int main(){
»  Floatarray *far;
»  float value;
»  int *dummy;// - For dummy malloc() call

»  far=newfloatarray();

»  printf("Just keep typing in numbers!\n");

»  while (scanf("%g", &value)==1) {
»    addtoarray(far, value);
»    dummy=malloc(8);// - Simulate other calls to malloc
  }

»  printf("The array has %d elements\n", far->nvals);
»  for ( int i=0;i<far->nvals; ++i) 
    printf("%d: %g\n", i, far->values[i]);
  
»  return 0;
}
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