Question

I have an array of pointers to other objects called Comparable* array (inside a template for a class).

I understand that delete deletes memory referenced by a pointer, and that delete [] deallocates the memory assigned to each pointer in an array.

My question is if I have an array that contains pointers to other objects, how do I deallocate the memory referenced by each pointer in the array and the array itself?

Answer 1

if I have an array that contains pointers to other objects, how do I deallocate the memory referenced by each pointer in the array AND the array itself?

The way you just described 🙂 Loop through the array to delete every object and then delete the array:

for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i)
    delete array[i];
delete[] array;