Deallocation of Dynamic Memory
Get acquainted with the deallocation of dynamic memory.
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Introduction
The compiler automatically deallocates the static space when it is not used anymore. Since dynamically allocated memory is managed by a programmer, when dynamically allocated space is not required anymore, we must free it.
delete operator
The delete operator allows us to free the dynamically allocated space.
Syntax
The basic syntax for releasing the memory that the pointer is pointing to is given below:
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