trying to remove item from an array

this is a function that should remove an integer from an array but when i run it, it will remove the integer but the array will remain the same size. do i have an error im not seeing.

Code:

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    // Method that takes an int from the bag making it one size  smaller
  // int refers to its location in memory using a zero index
  void Bag::take(int location)
  {
      cout<<"TAKING" << endl;
      int new_maxsize = maxsize - 1;
      int *temp_array = new int[new_maxsize];
      int second_half = location + 1;
      for (int index = 0; index < location; index++)
      {
        temp_array[index] = p[index];
      }
      for (int index = location; index < new_maxsize; index++)
      {
        temp_array[index] = p[second_half];
        second_half++;
      }
     
      maxsize = new_maxsize;
      p = temp_array;
      currentloc = new_maxsize;
     
  }

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Just don't change the maxsize variable if you want it to be the same size.

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int new_maxsize = maxsize - 1;

Code:

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p = temp_array;  // memory leak??

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If 'p' is a pointer to A = int[old_size], and now 'p' points to B = int[new_size], what happens with A?

im sorry i mistyped i want the array to get resized but it does not

i have a destructor that gets rid of 'A'

'maxsize' does change, does it not?
Don't tell me you get the size of array by doing this.

Code:

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// if p is defined as: int * p = new int[ maxsize ];
// the following line will not display the size of array

cout << sizeof(p);

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>>i have a destructor that gets rid of 'A'
That's irrelevant. The destructor will only free the last array that you created; all the others will be leaked.

Code:

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delete[] p;  //Free the previously allocated array.
p = temp_array;

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