free a pointer object

[pozdrav]

Hi,

Suppose I have a class as shown below (I know it is very basic, no constructor etc..).

template <class T>
class bigEndian {
	
private:
	vector<T> fData;
	
public:
	vector<T> getData();                        // return STL vector
	T getData(int index);                       // overloaded member function
	void display() const;                          // print output	
	void convert(int interval, ifstream &filePtr); // convert binary to int/double (template)
	
};

Now if I create an object with datatype int as,

bigEndian<int> *ix[10]; 
for (int j = 0; j < 10; j++) {
    // allocate
    ix[j] = new bigEndian<int>;
    ... 
    ...
    // some operations
}

Now, how do I free this object? I know this is not the most efficient method to go about, but just to know.

thank you!

[maikel]

There is a simple rule. For each new that you execute, you have to do a delete. And for each new[] you have to use delete[]. Nothing else. So use it like this:

ix[j] = new bigEndian<int>;
...
delete ix[j];

if you use instead

ix = new bigEndian<int> [10];
...
delete [] ix;

understood?

Maikel

[pozdrav]

Great! thank you very much