lrc_<type>_by_ref

Allocates memory of the specified type, and initializes it with a value.

int * lrc_<type>_by_ref( const char* str );

The lrc_<type>_by_ref function allocates memory for a pointer to a variable of type <type>, and initializes it with the value contained in str.

Return Values

This function returns a pointer of type <type>.

Parameterization

The following argument can be parameterized using standard parameterization: str

Example

This example allocates memory to a pointer to a variable of type int, and initializes it with the value 7.

int * num = lrc_int_by_ref ("7");