Deleting Pointers

[detorresrc]

Hi do i need to delete the pointer.

void test(){
    char* pChar;
    pChar = new char[200];
    strcpy(pChar, "ffsafafafa");
}

int main(){
    test();
    // Is the pChar pointer is in the memory?
    return 1;
}

[helios]

You'd add just before the closing brace on line 5, delete[] pChar;
Line 9: No, it's not.

[detorresrc]

After the test function, is the pChar pointer automatically deleted or do i need to delete it?

[jRaskell]

It is not automatically deleted. You have to delete it.

Generally speaking, every new in your code should have a corresponding delete somewhere (though that doesn't mean you have to have an equal number of news and deletes).