Re: Leaking Memory
* volk:
Will this code leak memory? I hope I deleted the array correctly.
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
//integers n and m represent the field
//n is rows and m is columns
int n = 5, m = 5;
int** field = new int*[n];
for(int i = 0; i < m; i++)
This works as long as m == n, but you probably meant to write n, not m.
field[i] = new int[m];
for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
for(int j = 0; j < m; j++)
field[i][j] = '.';
OK.
//deleting array row by row
for(int i = 0; i < m; i++);
Again, n, not m.
delete[] field[i];
OK.
//deleting last object
delete[] field;
OK.
return 0;
}
Instead you can do
#include <vector>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int const n = 5;
int const m = 5;
vector< vector< int > > field( n, vector<int>( 5, '.' ) );
// Here use e.g. field[i][j]
// Automatically deallocated properly.
}
at least if memory serves me right. If it doesn't work right then check out the
std::vector constructors.
Tip: some typedef's can help too.
Cheers & hth.,
- Alf
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