difference between delete and delete[ ]

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delete and delete[ ]

Munesh Sharma · Answer

Whenever you allocate memory with 'new[]' you have to free the memory using 'delete[]'. When you allocate memory with 'new' then use 'delete' without the brackets. You use 'new[]' to allocate an array of values (always starting at the index 0). int *pi = new int; // allocates a single integer int *pi_array = new int[10]; // allocates an array of 10 integers delete pi; pi = 0; delete [] pi_array; pi_array = 0;

Abhay Shanker · Answer

let us know the language you are doing the development

Vulpes · Answer

Are you sure you're referring to Java here rather than C++? In C++ delete is used to remove an object from memory which was created using new and delete[] is used to remove an array object which was created using new[].