Do we need to delete the pointer? in C Pgming?

Question

Fun1 ()

{

static char *ptr;

ptr= (char*) malloc(10);

}

Memory Leak is detected or not?

Answer 1

CAN YOU BE MORE CLEAR PLZ  

Answer 2

Yes, you do need to free memory, not just delete pointer. It goes like this:

Fun1 ()

{

static char *ptr;

ptr= (char*) malloc(10);

free(ptr);

}

If you dont free this memory it's memory leak.