Dynamic array in C

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

#define N 4

int main() {
	int a[N]; //I am a static array,
	// with four uninitialized elements.

	int i;

	for(i = 0; i < N; ++i)
		a[i] = i;

	// a[0] = 0, a[1] = 1, a[2] = 2, a[3] = 3.
	// Index starts from 0 and ends at N - 1 = 4 - 1 = 3.

	// print the array
	for(i = 0; i < N; ++i)
		printf("%d ", a[i]);
	printf("\n");

	// Now let's use a dynamic array

	// this will be the pointer to the array
	int* a_dyn;

	// here we allocate memory dynamically
	// how much memory? As many elements we need,
	// multiplied by the size of every element.
	// Here we need N elements, of type int,
	// thus N * sizeof(int)
	a_dyn = malloc(N * sizeof(int));
	if(!a_dyn) {
		printf("No memory allocated! Exiting...\n");
		return 1;
	}

	// fill the array (like the static case)
	for(i = 0; i < N; ++i)
		a_dyn[i] = i;

	// print the array (like the static case)
	for(i = 0; i < N; ++i)
		printf("%d ", a[i]);
	printf("\n");

	// DO NOT FORGET TO FREE YOUR DYNAMIC MEMORY
	free(a_dyn);

    return 0;
}

//OUTPUT
//0 1 2 3 
//0 1 2 3 

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