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C++ Memory Management Operators - Cyborg Coding

C++ has several operators that are used for memory management. These include:

new - allocates memory dynamically and returns a pointer to the memory

delete - releases memory that was previously allocated using new

new[] - allocates an array of objects in memory and returns a pointer to the first element

delete[] - releases memory that was previously allocated using new[]

malloc - allocates memory dynamically and returns a void pointer, typically used in C-style memory management

calloc - allocates memory for an array of objects and initializes the memory to zero

realloc - changes the size of a previously allocated memory block

free - releases memory that was previously allocated using malloc, calloc, or realloc.

It's important to note that the new and delete operators should be used together and that new[] and delete[] should be used together. Using delete with memory allocated by malloc or free with memory allocated by new may cause undefined behavior.

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