Application crash

[udayGovekar]

Hi, Please look into the code and reply my question char *ptrChar; ptrChar= new ch; *ptrChar = 'c'; '' '' some logic here '' ptrChar = NULL; when I tried to use delete ptrChar,application is getting crashed but if I assign it to NULL application is not crashing , is this correct way of coding Can anyone please explain Thanks Uday

[Mike Nordell]

'ch' is an unspecified type. Please repost what your code really looks like.

[udayGovekar]

Sorry, Char ch;

[Jason Henderson]

use ptrChar = new char then delete ptrChar You should always delete what you create with new. Setting ptrChar to NULL after deleting is good practice if you may use ptrChar later.

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[Sharad Ganesh]

hi, Assigning a pointer to NULL does not actually free the allocated memory. Your memory should have been allocated by using "new char". ch is not any type here. I presume it should have been "char". One very nice thing about delete is that even if the pointer = NULL, ur app _won't_ crash. I just replace that new ch with "new char". and then delete ptrChar; Regards, Sharad Ganesh

[udayGovekar]

hi, memory is allocated using new but still when I am trying to delete, it is getting crashed Uday

[Alexandru Savescu]

you should do this:

char *ptrChar;
ptrChar= new char;
*ptrChar = 'c';
''
'' some logic here
''
delete ptrchar;

Best regards, Alexandru Savescu

[Sharad Ganesh]

hi, Did u check up on the corrected code i posted ? There was a corection "new char". Rgds, Sharad