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The {{calloc()}} function ensures that the newly allocated memory has also been cleared. Because {{sizeof(char)}} is guaranteed to be 1, this solution does not need to check for a numeric overflow as a result of using {{calloc()}} \[[MEM37MEM07-CA. Ensure that size arguments to calloc() do not result in an integer overflow]\].

The {{calloc()}} function ensures that the newly allocated memory has also been cleared. Because {{sizeof(char)}} is guaranteed to be 1, this solution does not need to check for a numeric overflow as a result of using {{calloc()}} \[[MEM37MEM07-CA. Ensure that size arguments to calloc() do not result in an integer overflow]\].