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From: mittle@blinn.watson.ibm.com (Josh Mittleman)
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Subject: Re: Beginner's Problem Ref:Deallocation of space
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Date: 20 Mar 91 17:10:24 GMT
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> I have created an array
> int *pdata = new int[100] ;

If what you want to do is to free the entire array, then you should use:

delete pdata;

Note that delete DOES NOT set the pointer to 0!!

If you want to free only part of the array, I don't know if it is possible.
Anyone know?


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