Need a tool to detect memory leaks in C code

Question

Is there a good application (that has some kind of gui) for testing memory leaks in c code. I would really like to test my assignment/programme but being very new to this, i str

Answer 1

If you're using Microsoft's DevStudio then the C run-time library has plenty of memory allocation tracking tools already built-in:

The Debug Heap

_CrtSetDbgFlag

It amazes me how few programmers seem to be aware of these tools!