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Asked: May 15, 20262026-05-15T01:44:54+00:00 2026-05-15T01:44:54+00:00

char *pointer1; char *pointer2; pointer1 = new char[256]; pointer2 = pointer1; delete [] pointer1;

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char *pointer1;
char *pointer2;

pointer1 = new char[256];
pointer2 = pointer1;

delete [] pointer1;

In other words, do I have to do delete [] pointer2 as well?

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    2026-05-15T01:44:55+00:00Added an answer on May 15, 2026 at 1:44 am

    Nope, that code is fine and won’t leak memory.

    You only have to use delete[] once because you’ve only used one new to allocate an area for memory, even though there are two pointers to that same memory.

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