// @topic T00650 Dynamic memory allocation // @brief new and delete[ ] demo code int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { //---------------------------------------------------------------- // Initialization //---------------------------------------------------------------- int array_size = 100; // set initial size of the memory block //---------------------------------------------------------------- // Allocate memory pointed by dynamic_memory //---------------------------------------------------------------- int* dynamic_memory = new int[ array_size ]; // allocate memory int idx = 0; for ( ; idx < array_size; ++idx ) { // use allocated memory: // store sequence of numbers 0,1,2,...,99 dynamic_memory[ idx ] = idx; } //---------------------------------------------------------------- // Re-allocate memory (we need more!) //---------------------------------------------------------------- array_size = array_size * 2; // double the size of the memory block int* temp_reallocate = new int[ array_size ]; // allocate more memory for ( idx = 0; idx < array_size / 2; ++idx ) { // move data from the old block to the new one: temp_reallocate[ idx ] = dynamic_memory[ idx ]; } // Free old memory so that the memory becomes available // again for future requests of dynamic memory: delete[] dynamic_memory; dynamic_memory = temp_reallocate; // memory re-allocation complete! // Continue using dynamic memory... //---------------------------------------------------------------- // Finally, de-allocate dynamic memory: //---------------------------------------------------------------- delete[] dynamic_memory; return 0; }