using the delete operator

using the delete operator

1.source

#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>

using namespace std;

char * getName(void);

int main( int argc , char ** argv )
{
    char *name;

    name = getName();
    cout << name << " at " << (int *)name << "\n\n"<<  endl;
    delete [] name;

    name = getName();
    cout << name << " at " << (int *)name << "\n\n"<<  endl;
    delete [] name;

return 0;
}


char * getName(void)
{
    char temp[100];

    cout << "Enter Last Name : ";
    cin >> temp;

    char * pn = new char[strlen(temp) + 1];
    strcpy( pn, temp );

    return pn;
}

result

hacker@ubuntu:~/cpp$ g++ -o delete delete.cpp 
hacker@ubuntu:~/cpp$ ./delete 
Enter Last Name : black
black at 0x17b7440


Enter Last Name : falcon
falcon at 0x17b7440


hacker@ubuntu:~/cpp$