LLearnViaNotes @learnvianotes· 1 min read The opposite of a constructor. Called automatically when an object goes out of scope to free allocated memory.
class Teacher {
int* data;
public:
Teacher() { data = new int[100]; } // alloc
~Teacher() { delete[] data; } // free — ~symbol
};
// Manual delete for heap objects:
Teacher* t = new Teacher();
delete t; // calls destructor + frees memory
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