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# PetscMallocA

Allocate and optionally clear one or more objects, possibly using coalesced malloc

### Synopsis

    #include "petscsys.h"
    PetscErrorCode PetscMallocA(int n,PetscBool clear,int lineno,const char *function,const char *filename,size_t bytes0,void *ptr0,...)

Not Collective

### Input Parameters

| n | - number of objects to allocate (at least 1)
| clear | - use calloc() to allocate space initialized to zero
| lineno | - line number to attribute allocation (typically __LINE__)
| function | - function to attribute allocation (typically PETSC_FUNCTION_NAME)
| filename | - file name to attribute allocation (typically __FILE__)
| bytes0 | - first of n object sizes

### Output Parameters

ptr0 -first of n pointers to allocate

### Notes

This function is not normally called directly by users, but rather via the macros PetscMalloc1(), PetscMalloc2(), or PetscCalloc1(), etc.

### See Also

PetscMallocAlign(), PetscMallocSet(), PetscMalloc1(), PetscMalloc2(), PetscMalloc3(), PetscMalloc4(), PetscMalloc5(), PetscMalloc6(), PetscMalloc7(), PetscCalloc1(), PetscCalloc2(), PetscCalloc3(), PetscCalloc4(), PetscCalloc5(), PetscCalloc6(), PetscCalloc7(), PetscFreeA()

### Level

developer

### Location

src/sys/memory/mal.c
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