How to create QList of arrays

BasicPoke

Hello, I need to create a QList of arrays. Following is what I have come up with. Does this look ok? Should I call _delete _ here or not? Is there a shorthand for this other than the loop?

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QList<unsigned short *>SplitData;
unsigned short *pTemp;
for( unsigned int j=0; j<NumGauges; j++ )
{
pTemp = new unsigned short[BufSize];
SplitData.append( pTemp );
delete pTemp;
}@

Thanks.
Ron

mcosta

Hi,

You shall NOT call delete because you're inserting in SplitData list only a pointer (not copy of data)

BasicPoke

Thanks mcosta. What if the above were inside a function, and the list SplitData were passed into the function. Would the list items still be available after the function returned? Or not since the pointers have gone out of scope?

I should 'delete' each element later after I have used it, right? I suppose clearing the list will not take care of that.
Ron

SGaist

Hi,

Depends on how you call the function. If you have a pointer that goes out of scope you loose the access to the memory segment you just allocated. In your case you have a copy of the pointer in your list so you still can access (and thus delete) it.

qDeleteAll to the rescue :)

Hope it helps