Use malloc to allocate memory

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void)
{
  char *p;

  p = malloc(80);

  if( !p ) {
    printf("Memory Allocation Failed");
    exit(1);
  }

  printf("Enter a string: ");
  gets( p );
  
  printf( p );
  free( p );

  return 0;
}

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