Programming help please, character array problems

[teiresias]

Can someone please explain to me why the code below crashed before the end of execution:


#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>

void main()
{
char *DestinationString;
char *SourceString;
int k;

DestinationString = new char[];
SourceString = new char[];

if (DestinationString == NULL || SourceString == NULL)
printf("Error allocating memory!" );
else
{
strset(DestinationString, NULL);
strset(SourceString, NULL);

for ( k=0; k < 10; k++)
SourceString[k] = 'J';

for ( k=0; k < 10; k++)
DestinationString[k] = 'Z';

strcpy(DestinationString, SourceString);

strlwr(SourceString);

printf("SourceString: %s", SourceString);

printf("\n" );
printf("DestinationString: %s", DestinationString);

delete []DestinationString;
delete []SourceString;
}
}



It will get to the delete instructions and give me a debug error that says:


Quote:
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DAMAGE: after Normal block (#20) at 0x00780EC0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



However, if I change the arrays to integer arrays the program works fine (granted with some changes to the assignements so I'm actually assigning integers), however, using characters it always crashes. Any thoughts? Thanks everybody.

 

[AMDPwred]

And I just moved to get us a sole programming forum too. Guess the admin wouldn't listen to the masses.

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