C++ :: Delete Member Of Vector That Is Pointed By Pointer?
Apr 17, 2013
I have following:
struct Point {int* a; int b;};
vector<vector<Point> > numbers;
vector<int> example;
The numbers vector has a matrix of a sort and each of the members are pointing to one member in the example vector. A member numbers.at(2).at(3).a is pointing at example.at(3). Now, can I remotely delete a member in the example vector using the pointers? Like so:
delete (*(numbers.at(2).at(3).a));
I know there is a more convenient way to delete members, but this is a very specific case I'm working on.
I'm tying to create a program that evaluates all possible actions for a certain problem.
So what i'm basically trying to do is to create a sequence of actions, evaluate them to check if it's the best sequence, change the sequence, evaluate again and so on until all possible scenarios are exhausted, leaving the best one in the end.
My approach to this at first was to create a tree of all possible options and then evaluate each branch. Since there are a lot of possible cases i ran out of memory while the program was still creating the tree. I changed this to create just a branch, evaluate it and then modify it.
I was still getting memory problems. I declared a class tNode and declared a vector<tNode*> branch. Then i created all the nodes i needed for that branch with branch.push_back( new tNode() ). When i wanted to modify the branch i simply used branch.pop_back() and again a branch.push_back( new tNode() ). I figured i was getting the problem because although i clear the vector, i don't actually clear the reference in memory. Is this correct? If so, how can i actually delete the memory space and not just the pointer in the vector?
An attempt to create a class which is basically a mimic of vector<int> i don't seem to know how to delete pointer x in a destructor to free memory, also on pushback and pushfront methods, i can't free y when i implement delete[] y; y=NULL; i get some NULL out put when cout 'ing the object in main, why is that happening and how do i free memory y.
#include<iostream> using namespace std; class vectorOfint{ int* x; int size; public: vectorOfint();
I have a vector (structures) in a struct (instances). I make a declaration of this struct called instance. The vector is a 3-layer vector of pointers, like so:
vector < vector < vector<scene::IAnimatedMeshSceneNode*> > > structures; (The type is from Irrlicht 3D). I have 3 nested "for" loops which looks similar to the following:
for (int a = 0; a < instance.structures.size(); a++) { /*note:vector size previously set*/ for (int b = 0; b < instance.structures[a].size(); b++){ for (int c = 0; c < instance.structures[a][b].size(); c++) {
if (1) { //checking value of variable not included in snippet
These are currently referencing the pointers, it seems. The program compiles but crashes at this point. I need them to reference the values of the pointers. Problem is, I don't know where to put the dereference operator (*). Where should it go?
I have this function in a class: and a private declaration: how can I copy the parameter "ProductName" to allowedProductName. I tried all combination and I can't get it to compile.
here's the problem. I want to delete the objects within a vector, although I'm not sure whether I should clear the vector afterwards. Is it really necessary?
Code:
for (i = 0; i < allSales.size(); i++) delete allSales[i];
int main() { vec.push_back(b1); vec.push_back(b2);
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And it don't works at all. all i get (when playing with variations of this stuff until it compiles correctlly) is a memory leak.
For example, let say i have b1 address = 1234
I will effectively free the memory at 1234, but for a strange reason, the memory leak is elsewhere, for example, at 2345, and the memory value at this address is equal to... 1234, the address of the pointer i wanted to delete.
// objects to hold results, row id, and name class result_holder { public: // initialize class members result_holder() : row_id(0), row_value(0.0), row_name("") { }
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There are cases where I need to find an object based on the value of row_id and delete the object from the vector row_results. I could find the proper object by looping through the vector and testing against each member.
Code: // id I am looking for unsigned int id_to_delete = 12; for(i=0; i<row_results.size(); i++) { if(id_to_delete == row_results[i].row_id) { delete row_results[i]; } }
I have used find before to find the position in a vector with a specific value, but I don't know how to use find to locate a specific value for an object member.
Also, is delete what I need to get rid of the object or should I be using erase as in,
Code: // id I am looking for unsigned int id_to_delete = 12; for(i=0; i<row_results.size(); i++) { if(id_to_delete == row_results[i].row_id) { row_results.erase(row_results.begin()+i); } }
Just doing some work where i need to produce a database in C++ for DVD now I have done most of it but I'm stuck on some bits. I have split the database up into different files but I will post the files which are important. How to do a search function. I got told it's called "Bubble search" and then a delete function which i think is called "Vector delete".
My header file
Code: #ifndef DVD_DB_H #define DVD_DB_H #include "dvd.h" #include <vector> class dvdDB { private: std::vector<DVD> dvds; // A container that contains an arry of DVDs
In jumping into C++ it says something like this: It's not necessary but when you delete a pointer it's a good idea to reset it as a null pointer. That if your code try's to dereference the pointer after being freed, your program will crash. This happens to a lot of experienced programmers.
This could corrupt users data. delete p_int; p_int = NULL;
1. If you can deference a pointer after the memory is freed, why can't you just delete the pointer?
2. If you can do 1, how do you delete the pointer using code?
3. Every thing I've read says that free memory is handed out in a sequenced order. I don't believe that is true at all. I may be wrong. Why can't you put the data in any number of places if it will fit. Isn't the compiler smart enough to know where bytes (bits)and pieces are stored?
4. If you storing anything in free memory must use a pointer to it?
5. Can a pointer or something similar be used with stack memory?
#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <iostream> using namespace std; class singleTon {
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this is a singleton pattern first,it doesn't matter, why I could delete this pointer twice?because the gcc compiler?That mean in the surface, "delete pInstance1;" this movement just mark the memory pInstance1 has been deleted but not real?does any one encounter this phenomenon?
Goal: To allocate some memory as a char*, read in some binary data, re-interpret it as a float* and then free the memory.
My code looks like:
void someFunction(float* &result) { char * tmp = new char[1000]; //...Fill the char buffer here... result = (float*)tmp; //Reinterpret binary data as floats
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Is the cast back to char* necessary on the red line (or could I have validly left it as float*)? Would it be different if I had written char * tmp = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char)*1000); on the blue line (and correspondingly used free (char*)floatData on the red line?
I am trying to use "remove_if" with a predicate function inside a class. The code intends to remove the grid cells which an agent cannot move into (from among all possible cells).
That code would work if it was not in a class and the predicate was not a member function. However, now I receive long error messages which I guess refer to incompatibility of remove_if template with the predicate parameter (one error includes : error C2064: term does not evaluate to a function taking 1 arguments).
I get a problem with the vector as a private class member: When I did't initialize the vector in constructor(which means the size of the vector would be 0), I used a class function to add two elements to the vector and it worked (because I added a "printf" to output the size of the vector and the elements within that function). However, when I used another class function to visit that vector, no element was in and the size became 0.
Then I tried to add two elements to the vector during the construction, and it turned out that these two elements could be stored in the vector while other elements added through class functions could not.
I guess there may be some problems on the scope of the function. But I feel the class member should not be effected by the scope of the class function.
I have a small class and a vector to hold the objects.
Code: class result_holder { public: // initialize class members
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The purpose is to keep results and be able to sort the results on row_value while keeping the id and name values in registration with the row_value. I am running allot of tests and keeping the top n results. The idea is to sort the vector so that I can just examine the object in the last element to see if it should be replaced by a better result.
I know that this kind of thing is often done with an overloaded operator or a functor, but I am a bit out of my depth with that, especially determining what class variable will be used for the sort. sorting the above objects on the row_value variable?
