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Asked: June 4, 20262026-06-04T07:22:47+00:00 2026-06-04T07:22:47+00:00

For example I have char str[1024]; And I will do memset(str,0,1024); later Is this

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For example

I have char str[1024];

And I will do memset(str,0,1024); later

Is this okay,?
OR
i need to do this:

char* str = new char[1024];

thanks.

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    2026-06-04T07:22:48+00:00Added an answer on June 4, 2026 at 7:22 am

    As @HostileFork already pointed out, you probably want std::string here. If whatever you’re doing isn’t particularly string-like, then you may want std::vector<char> str(1024); instead.

    Either way, you it’s quite certain you don’t want new char[1024] (a leftover from an early era of C++ that probably wouldn’t be in the language at all if other facilities were present) and probably don’t want char str[1024]; either, though there’s at least some possibility that this one isn’t an egregious mistake.

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