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What is new and delete operator in c++

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Memory Management Operators of C++:-

The technique through which a program can obtain space in the RAM during the execution of the program and not during compilation is called dynamic memory allocation.


In this method space for the variables (array, strings, structure etc) is allocated from a free memory region which is known as heap.


 For dynamic memory management, C++ provides two unary operator 'new' and 'delete'.


Dynamic memory allocation is the allocation of memory at run time i.e., when program executes then required memory is asked from the user and memory is allocated with the help of operator new.

Syntax of new :

data_type *ptr = new data_type;


Here ptr is a variable of data_type. Memory is allocated by finding the size of data_type automatically by the compiler and address of the allocated memory is returned which is stored in ptr.


Some examples:-

int *ptr = new int;

char *ch = new char;

float *fp = new float;


we can assign values to the variable:-

*ptr = 34;

*ch = ‘p’;

*fp = 45.67;


We can also initialize the pointer variable

int *ptr = new int (10);

cout<<*ptr; // prints a

float *fp = new float (34.56);

cout<<*fp; // prints 34.56



The allocated memory can be freed also.

For de-allocation C++ provides delete operator.

The delete operator  used to delete memory previously allocated by new operator. For instance if ptr points to memory allocated by new and when this memory is no longer required we can delete it. 


Syntax of delete:

 delete pointer_variable;


some examples:-

delete ptr;

delete fp;



Example of new and delete operator:-

//new and delete opearator
#include<iostream>
using namespace std; 

int main( )
{

int *a=new int;  // new for allocation
*a=20;
char *c=new char('p');
float *f=new float(2.34);
cout<<"integer value="<<*a<<"\t"<<"Address="<<a<<endl;
cout<<"character value="<<*c<<"\t"<<"Address value="<<(void *)c<<endl;
cout<<"Float value="<<*f<<"\t"<<"Address="<<f<<endl;

delete a;  
delete c;  // delete of de-allocation
delete f;
return 0;

}

output:-

integer value=20    Address=0x2756f68
character value=p   Address value=0x2756f78
Float value=2.34    Address=0x2756f88


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