Question about delete a char* pointer

[George2]

Hi, everyone!

Look at the following codes,

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const char* p = "12345";
char* q = "54321";
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If I want to release the memory, should I use

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delete[] p;
delete[] q;
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or should I use

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delete p;
delete q;
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Thanks in advance,
George

[Andreas Masur]

Neither one...since you did not explicitely allocated memory for them by using the 'new' operator...

There is a simple rule:

If you 'new'ed memory then you have to 'delete' it. If you 'new[]'ed memory then you have to 'delete[]' it.

In all other cases you do not 'delete' something...

[George2]

Thanks, Andreas buddies!

George

Originally posted by Andreas Masur
Neither one...since you did not explicitely allocated memory for them by using the 'new' operator...

There is a simple rule:

If you 'new'ed memory then you have to 'delete' it. If you 'new[]'ed memory then you have to 'delete[]' it.

In all other cases you do not 'delete' something...