How to delete an array of char* in C++

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I looked around the web for this but I did not find an answer. If my class has a protected member declared as such: char * arr[3] = {"Blah", "Blah", "Blah"} Would I need to delete this member in the destructor? If so, what is the correct syntax? Thank you!

You only need to delete if you use new. So no. This is an array literal that can be stored on the stack. — Paul Rooney
– Paul Rooney, Commented Oct 25, 2017 at 22:39
@PaulRooney what is a way that I could declare this method as dynamic? Would it be char ** arr = new char*[3]; ? — Adrian Bernat
– Adrian Bernat, Commented Oct 25, 2017 at 22:42
Use std::string for strings. Your compiler should complain about a missing const. — user2672107
– user2672107, Commented Oct 25, 2017 at 23:05
@manni66 I can’t use the string class, it’s a programming assignment and they want all strings to be stored as char* — Adrian Bernat
– Adrian Bernat, Commented Oct 25, 2017 at 23:06

Captain Giraffe · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-26 00:41:06Z

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Would I need to delete this member in the destructor?

No.

And of course:

I can’t use the string class, it’s a programming assignment and they want all strings to be stored as char*

This is a quite silly restriction in a C++ assignment.

answered Oct 26, 2017 at 0:41

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