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I'm assuming you have a structure or class called Tile. Otherwise the compiler won't know what Tile is. This error is basically due to a spelling mistake unless u havent created the object.

Otherwise it should be fine.

Post your code on here inside [sourc e] [/sourc e] tags (with no space befpre the 'e'.

ace

Exactly, your variable 'NewTile' probably goes out of scope if it causes this error message. The pointer variable you declared behaves just like an ordinary int, only that it contains the address of a chunk of memory (namely an instance of your 'Tile' class) which will not be freed if you loose that address. In other words, while the memory you reserved is not bound to a scope, the pointer variable is.

Use it like this:


(Personally, if I had to educate someone about dynamic memory allocation, I wouldn't even mention there was a heap until the usage of new/delete had been covered completely, just assuming new takes memory out of thin air ;))

-Markus-

Did you remember to #include the header file where you stored the class if outside the file where you create the new memory?

Eg if:



is in foo.h - then in your main.cpp file do:



Also before deleting it check it exists, otherwise you will crash...



Think that should work! But its early so im hoping ;)

EDIT - wow fast posting o_O

Ah yeah I get it now thanks alot guys, yes I had included all that but did not know about the pointer going out of scope. :)