I'm trying to implement a dynamic array and here is my function for increasing the capacity
int* changeCapacity(int *arr, int length, int newCapacity) {
int *newArr = new int[newCapacity];
if(length > newCapacity){
return 0;
} else {
for(int i = 0; i < length; i++){
newArr[i] = arr[i];
}
delete[] arr;
arr = newArr;
return arr;
}
}
This is the error i get:
speicher(2465,0x7fff7cfc2310) malloc: * error for object 0x7f9742403910: pointer being freed was not allocated * set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
i'm calling it like this:
int* addElement(int *arr, int& length, int& capacity, int val){
if(length >= capacity){
capacity = capacity * 2;
changeCapacity(arr, length, capacity);
arr[length] = val;
length += 1;
return arr;
}else{
arr[length] = val;
length += 1;
return arr;
}
}
Here is a better way of doing it. Everything is well explained in the comments for anyone who wants to learn:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int* changeCapacity(int *arr, int length, int newCapacity);
int* addElement(int *arr, int& length, int& capacity, int val);
int main(){
int length = 0; // no inital elements in array
int capacity = 1; // initial capacity is one
int* arr = new int[capacity]; // allocating space for values
int* temp; // pointer for storing temporary values
/* loop for adding elements to the array */
for(int i=0;i<21;i++){
temp = addElement(arr,length,capacity,i); // adding an element to the array
if(temp == NULL) { // checks if execution was successful
cout<< "NULL returned...\n Exiting Now...";
return 0; // exits the program on failure
}
arr = temp; // changing the value of arr
}
/* loop for printing the array */
for(int i=0;i<length;i++){
cout<<arr[i]<<" ";
}
return 0;
}
/* function for increasing the capacity of array */
int* changeCapacity(int *arr, int length, int newCapacity) {
int *newArr = new int[newCapacity]; // definging a new array
if(length > newCapacity){ // checking if the length of the array is valid
cout<< "invalid length of array\n";
return NULL;
} else {
/* loop for transferring values to the new array */
for(int i = 0; i < length; i++){
newArr[i] = arr[i];
}
delete[] arr; // deleting the old array (clears the memory of the old array)
// arr = newArr; removed as this is not needed
return newArr; // returns the new array
}
}
/* function for adding a new element to the array */
int* addElement(int *arr, int& length, int& capacity, int val){
if(length >= capacity){ // checks if the array has space for storing the given value or not
capacity = capacity * 2; // doubles the capacity of the array
int* temp = changeCapacity(arr, length, capacity); // changes the size of the array to the new one
if(temp == NULL){ // checking if a null was returned
cout<< "Failed to change capacity\n";
return NULL; // returning NULL
}
arr = temp; // the value of arr was not changed in your code (problem corrected)
arr[length] = val; // stores the value in the array
length += 1; // increasing the number of element count of the array
return arr; // returns the new array
}else{
arr[length] = val; // stores the value in the array
length += 1; // increasing the number of element count of the array
return arr; // returns the new array
}
}