PracticeDev/study_cpp/cpp_primer_source_code/Chapter 4/delete.cpp

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// delete.cpp -- using the delete operator
#include <iostream>
#include <cstring> // or string.h
using namespace std;
char * getname(void); // function prototype
int main()
{
char * name; // create pointer but no storage
name = getname(); // assign address of string to name
cout << name << " at " << (int *) name << "\n";
delete [] name; // memory freed
name = getname(); // reuse freed memory
cout << name << " at " << (int *) name << "\n";
delete [] name; // memory freed again
// cin.get();
// cin.get();
return 0;
}
char * getname() // return pointer to new string
{
char temp[80]; // temporary storage
cout << "Enter last name: ";
cin >> temp;
char * pn = new char[strlen(temp) + 1];
strcpy(pn, temp); // copy string into smaller space
return pn; // temp lost when function ends
}