delete operator in C++ and strings

[FireSBurnsmuP]

I'm trying to write a destructor function for my class type message, but I can't get the dang thing to delete strings.

So, uhm, Help!

Do I have to go through a for loop and delete each character individually?

[WolfPack]

Do I have to go through a for loop and delete each character individually?

No. Just calling delete pointer_variable should suffice. The destructor of class string should handle the rest. If you are trying to delete an array of string pointers, use delete []array_name; Another thing is make sure that you are trying to delete a pointer and not a normal variable.

Can you post the declaration of your class, and it's constructor?

[~s.o.s~]

Its also a good practice to make your destructor virtual, and in that way you can be sure that when you start building hierarchies, you dont start wondering where all the memory leaks a coming from (child class object is not automatically destroyed if you dont make destructor virtual).