EEex_Malloc

Allocates a block of memory and return a pointer to the newly allocated memory

EEex_Malloc(size)

Parameters

• size - size in bytes of memory to allocate

Return

Returns a pointer to the newly allocated memory

Notes

Once you have finished with the allocated memory it is good practice to free it using EEex_Free

Example

-- Displays a message box to the user.
function EEex_MessageBox(message)
   local caption = "EEex"
   local messageAddress = EEex_Malloc(#message + 1 + #caption + 1)
   local captionAddress = messageAddress + #message + 1
   EEex_WriteString(messageAddress, message)
   EEex_WriteString(captionAddress, caption)
   EEex_DllCall("User32", "MessageBoxA", {EEex_Flags({0x40}), captionAddress, messageAddress, 0x0}, nil, 0x0)
   EEex_Free(messageAddress)
end

See Also

EEex_Free, EEex_Memset