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July 22, 2012 18:26
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#define MYBUFFER_SIZE 64 | |
char *mybuffer; | |
void setup() | |
{ | |
SerialUSB.begin(); | |
mybuffer = malloc(MYBUFFER_SIZE); // Allocate a MYBUFFER_SIZE-byte buffer for global use. | |
} | |
void loop() | |
{ | |
// strGenMethod1 will allocate space for a 16-byte string, fill it with text and return a pointer to it. | |
char *method1 = strGenMethod1(); | |
if(method1 != NULL) // malloc can return NULL if it's unable to allocate the required memory. | |
{ | |
SerialUSB.println(method1); | |
free(method1); // If you don't free the memory, once loop() finishes you'll have a 16-byte memory leak. | |
// If you don't free the memory, on the ~1281st loop malloc will fail because all 20kB of RAM were allocated, | |
// and the MCU still thinks they're in use. | |
} | |
// strGenMethod2 will zero-out the entire buffer, and wrote your string to it. | |
strGenMethod2(mybuffer, MYBUFFER_SIZE); | |
SerialUSB.println(mybuffer); | |
// Because it's a global buffer that is re-used, you don't need to worry about releasing the memory back. | |
// This is the generally preferred method of getting the job done. | |
SerialUSB.println("This is OK!!"); | |
} | |
char *strGenMethod1() | |
{ | |
char *buff = malloc(16); | |
if(buff == NULL) return NULL; | |
sprintf(buff, "This is Wrong!!"); | |
return buff; | |
} | |
void strGenMethod2(char *buff, int n) | |
{ | |
// Using memset on the entire length of the buffer is expensive and time consuming. | |
// You may not need to do it, since "a string" is always \0 terminated. | |
memset(buff, '0', n); | |
sprintf(buff, "This is wrong!!"); | |
} |
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