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<h4 class="subsection">A.1.10 Allocating Local Memory in Oct-Files</h4>
<p>Allocating memory within an oct-file might seem easy as the C++
new/delete operators can be used. However, in that case care must be
taken to avoid memory leaks. The preferred manner in which to allocate
memory for use locally is to use the <code>OCTAVE_LOCAL_BUFFER</code><!-- /@w --> macro.
An example of its use is
<pre class="example"> OCTAVE_LOCAL_BUFFER (double, tmp, len)
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<p class="noindent">that returns a pointer <code>tmp</code> of type <code>double *</code> of length
<code>len</code>.
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