c and c++ programming difference-VII

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c and c++ programming difference-VII: Freeing arrays: new[] and delete[] In C, there's only one major memory allocation function: malloc. You use it to allocate both single elements and arrays: int *x = malloc( sizeof(int) ); int *x_array = malloc( sizeof(int) * 10 ); and you always release the memory in the same way: free( x ); free( x_array ); In C++, however, memory allocation for arrays is somewhat different than for single objects; you use the new[] operator, and you must match calls to new[] with calls to delete[] (rather than to delete). int *x = new int; int *x_array = new int[10]; delete x; delete[] x;