Allocation of Dynamic Memory

Learn how memory can be dynamically allocated to variables in C++.

Introduction

For dynamic allocation, we have to do the following two steps:

  • First, allocate the dynamic space.
  • Then, store the starting address of the dynamic space in the pointer.

new operator:


The unary operator new allocates memory in bytes during the run time from the free store.

If memory is available on the free store, the new operator will reserve that memory and return its starting address.

Syntax

The basic syntax for getting memory during the run-time is given below:

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