Dynamically allocate memory for struct

Question

I am taking a C++ class and have a assignment which requires me to dynamically allocate memory for a struct. I don\'t recall ever going over this in class and we only brief

Answer 1

Change you definition to

struct Student 
{
    string firstName, lastName, aNumber;
    double GPA;
};

Notice I have changed the placement of the struct keyword

and you have to do Student* student1 = new Student instead.

When you dynamically allocated memory for a struct you get a pointer to a struct.

Once you are done with the Student you also have to remember to to release the dynamically allocated memory by doing a delete student1. You can use a std::shared_ptr to manage dynamically allocated memory automatically.