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    New &amp Delete

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    The new and delete operators are used for dynamic memory allocation and deallocation in C++. New allocates memory on the heap and returns a pointer, while delete frees up memory that was previously allocated by new. New will throw a bad_alloc exception if insufficient memory exists. Dynamic memory for arrays can be allocated using new along with the array size, and freed using delete with brackets.

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    The new and delete operators are used for dynamic memory allocation and deallocation in C++. New allocates memory on the heap and returns a pointer, while delete frees up memory that was previously allocated by new. New will throw a bad_alloc exception if insufficient memory exists. Dynamic memory for arrays can be allocated using new along with the array size, and freed using delete with brackets.

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    The new and delete operators are used for dynamic memory allocation and deallocation in C++. New allocates memory on the heap and returns a pointer, while delete frees up memory that was previously allocated by new. New will throw a bad_alloc exception if insufficient memory exists. Dynamic memory for arrays can be allocated using new along with the array size, and freed using delete with brackets.

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    The new and delete operators are used for dynamic memory allocation and deallocation in C++. New allocates memory on the heap and returns a pointer, while delete frees up memory that was previously allocated by new. New will throw a bad_alloc exception if insufficient memory exists. Dynamic memory for arrays can be allocated using new along with the array size, and freed using delete with brackets.

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    Describe new operator and delete operator.

    new and delete operators are provided by C++ for runtime memory management. They
    are used for dynamic allocation and freeing of memory while a program is running.

    The new operator allocates memory and returns a pointer to the start of it. The delete
    operator frees memory previously allocated using new. The general form of using them
    is:

    p_var = new type;


    delete p_var;
    new allocates memory on the heap. If there is insufficient memory, then new will fail and
    a bad_alloc exception will be generated. The program should handle this exception.

    Consider following program:


    #include <iostream>
    #include <new>
    using namespace std;
    int main()
    {
    int *p;
    try
    {
    p = new int; //dynamic allocation of memory
    }
    catch (bad_alloc x)
    {
    cout << “Memory allocation failed”;
    return 1;
    }
    *p = 100;
    cout <<”P has value”<<*p;
    delete p; //free the dynamically allocated memory
    return 0;
    }

    What is Dynamic memory management for array?


    Using the new and delete operators, we can create arrays at runtime by dynamic memory
    allocation. The general form for doing this is:

    p_var = new array_type[size];


    size specifies the no of elements in the array
    To free an array we use:
    delete[ ]p_var; // the [ ] tells delete that an array is being freed.

    Consider following program:


    #include <iostream>
    #include <new>
    using namespace std;
    int main()
    {
    int *p, i;
    try
    {
    p = new int(10); //allocate array of 10 integers
    }
    catch (bad_alloc x)
    {
    cout << “Memory allocation failed”;
    return 1;
    }
    for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    p[i] = i;
    for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    cout <<p[i]<<”\n”;
    delete [ ] p; //free the array
    return 0;
    }

    Question - Distinguish between new and malloc and delete and free().

    Answer
    Delete is assocated with new and free(0 is associated with malloc()

    New
    Its an operator
    delete is associated with new
    It creates an object
    It throws exceptions if memory is unavailable
    Operator new can be overloaded
    You can state the number of objects to be created.

    malloc()
    It’s a function
    free() is associated with malloc()
    It does not create objects
    It returns NULL
    This cannot be overloaded
    You need to specify the number of bytes to be allocated.
    What is the difference between realloc() and free()?

    An existing block of memory which was allocated by malloc() subroutine, will be freed
    by free() subroutine. In case, an invalid pointer parameter is passed, unexpected results
    will occur. If the parameter is a null pointer, then no action will occur.

    Where as the realloc() subroutine allows the developer to change the block size of the
    memory which was pointed to by the pointer parameter, to a specified bytes size through
    size parameter and a new pointer to the block is returned. The pointer parameter specified
    must have been created by using malloc(),calloc() or realloc() sub routines and should not
    deallocated with realloc() or free() subroutines. If the pointer parameter is a null pointer,
    then no action will occur.

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