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How does delete[] “know” the size of the operand array in C++
New operator is used for dynamic memory allocation which puts variables on heap memory. Delete[] operator is used to deallocate that memory from heap. New operator stores the no of elements which it created in main block so that delete [] can deallocate that memory by using that number.
Example Code
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main() {
int B = 4;
int A = 5;
int** a = new int*[B];
for(int i = 0; i < B; ++i)
a[i] = new int[A];
for(int i = 0; i < B; ++i)
for(int j = 0; j < A; ++j)
a[i][j] = i;
for(int i = 0; i < B; ++i)
for(int j = 0; j < A; ++j)
cout << a[i][j] << "\n";
for(int i = 0; i < A; ++i)
delete [] a[i];
delete [] a;
return 0;
}Output
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
Updated on: 30-Jul-2019
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