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Stefan Ram wrote:
> 
> BigChuck19 <bc19@mailinator.com> writes:
> >grades = (int *) malloc(numgrades * sizeof(int));
> >if (grades == (int *) NULL) {
> >   printf("Failed to allocate grades array");
> >   exit(1);
> >}
> 
>   I'd write this as:
> 
> if( !grades )
> fprintf( stderr, "Failed to allocate grades array." ); else ...

That string literal might be better
if it had a newline character at the end.

-- 
pete