removing a struct from memory ( free() )

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removing a struct from memory ( free() ) #315957 03/20/10 13:32 03/20/10 13:32
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 300 Usa Rich OP Senior Member
Rich OP Senior Member Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 300 Usa	Hello, I just have a quick question. I have a pointer to a struct stored in an entity skill. Before I remove the entity, I have this piece of code: free( &my.skill[99] ); is this the proper syntax to free the memory that was used by the struct? It seems to work with no errors, I'm just making sure. Thanks.

Re: removing a struct from memory ( free() ) [Re: Rich] #315976 03/20/10 14:47 03/20/10 14:47
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Saturnus Member Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 271	"I have a pointer to a struct stored in an entity skill." This means that my.skill[99] == pointerToStruct. The address operator is unnecessary here, as you already have the address stored in the skill. Thus it should rather read: free(my.skill[99]).

Re: removing a struct from memory ( free() ) [Re: Saturnus] #315998 03/20/10 17:11 03/20/10 17:11
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 300 Usa Rich OP Senior Member
Rich OP Senior Member Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 300 Usa	Ok, Thanks a lot . I'll need to do some reading up on pointers, its been a while and I never quite got the full hang of them. A8 com / A7 free