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Date: 2010may13
Language: C/C++

Q.  How can I delete an element from an array in C/C++ ?

A.  Here is an example of a function that can do it:

	inline void DeleteArrayElement(THING a[], const int i, const int n)
	{
		memmove(&a[i], &a[i+1], (n - i - 1) * sizeof(THING));
	}

	void ExampleUse()
	{
		THING	my_things[20];	// Declare the array

		// ...
		// put some stuff into the array
		// ...

		// Delete element 5
		DeleteArrayElement(a, 5, sizeof(my_things) / sizeof(my_things[0]));
	}

Use erase() to delete an element from an STL vector (which is a growable array).
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