Question

How do I delete the memory that have been allocated for array models, names? I tried every method but it always crashes when I run it.

int main()
{

    vector<Person*> people;

    const int PERSON_SZ = 4;
    char * names[] = {"Jim", "Fred", "Harry", "Linda"};
    int ages[] = { 23, 35, 52, 59 };

    for (int i = 0; i < PERSON_SZ; i++)
    {

        Person * temp = new Person(names[i], ages[i]);
        people.push_back(temp);
    }

    // A vector of Car pointers
    vector<Car*> cars;

    const int CAR_SZ = 3;
    char * models[] = { "Festiva", "Ferrarri", "Prius" };
    srand(time(0));
    for (int i = 0; i < CAR_SZ; i++)
    {

        Car * temp = new Car(models[i]);
        temp->set_driver(people[rand() % (people.size())]);
        temp->set_owner(people[rand() % (people.size())]);
        cars.push_back(temp);
    }



    for (int p = 0; p < people.size(); p++)
    {
        people[p]->increment_age();
    }

    for (int c = 0; c < cars.size(); c++)
    {
        cars[c]->print();
    }

    delete [] names;
    for ( int r = 0; r < CAR_SZ; ++r )
       {
           delete [] models[r];
       }
    return 0;
}

Answer 1

You didn’t allocate models and names using new, so you cannot delete them.

Both arrays are allocated on the stack and are automatically deleted, when the function returns.

The contents of the (string) arrays (i.e. the strings itselves) are stored in the global data segment and cannot be freed at all. This would also be dangerous because the compiler might use the same string constant at different places in the program.