What is difference between calloc and melloc

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calloc and malloc are memory allocation functions in C. calloc initializes the allocated memory to zero, while malloc does not.

calloc is used to allocate and initialize memory for an array of elements, while malloc is used to allocate memory for a single element.
calloc takes two arguments - the number of elements and the size of each element, while malloc takes only the size of the element.
calloc returns a pointer to the allocated memory, while malloc returns a void pointer.
calloc is useful when initializing arrays or structures, while malloc is useful for dynamic memory allocation.
Example: int *arr = (int *)calloc(5, sizeof(int)); // Allocates memory for an array of 5 integers and initializes them to zero

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