I need to write a program that generates a magic square of an odd number between 3 and 15. I have written out this much code, and when i type in 3 for the number it gives me the correct square. but any other odd number it gives me an error. Help me Im lost lol.

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>

using namespace std;

int ReadSquareSize()
{
    int x; 
    cout<<"Enter a positive odd integer square size of 3 or more: ";
    while(1)
    {
        cin>>x;
        if(x>=3 && x%2==1)
        {
            return x;
        }
        else 
        {
            cout<<"Enter a positive odd integer square size of 3 or more: ";
        }
    }
    cout<<endl;
}


int main()
{    

    int k,g;
    int unit;
    int row,col,newRow,newCol;
    int n = ReadSquareSize();
    int square[n][n];

    for(k=0 ; k<n ; k++) {
        for(g=0 ; g<n ; g++) {
                square[k][g] = 0;
        }
    }


    unit= 1;
    row= 1;
    col= (n+1)/2;
    k= 1;
    square[row-1][col-1]=k;


    for(k=2 ; k<=n*n ; k++)
    {
        newRow= row - 1;
        newCol= col + 1;
        if (newRow==0 && newCol==(n+1))
        {
            newRow = row + 1;
            newCol = n;
            row = newRow;
            col = newCol;
            square[row-1][col-1]=k;
        }
        else
        {
            if(newRow==0)
            {
            newRow= n;
            }
            if(newCol==(n+1))
            {
                newCol= 1;
            }
            if(square [newRow-1][newCol-1]==0)
            {
                row=newRow;
                col=newCol;
                square[row-1][col-1]=k;
            }
            else 
            {
                newRow= row + 1;
                newCol= col;
                if(newRow==(n+1))
                {
                    newRow= 1;
                }
                    row= newRow;
                    col= newCol;
                    square[row-1][col-1]=k;
            }
        }
    }

    // print and free the square
    for(int i=0; i<n ;i++)
    {
        for(int j=0; j<n ; j++)
        {
        cout<<setiosflags(ios::left) << setw (5) << square[i][j];        
        }
        cout<<endl;
        delete[] square[i];
    }
    free(square);
    system("pause");
    return 0;
}

There are two glaring errors, namely

delete[] square[i];
// and
free(square);

Simply delete those lines because square is not dynamically allocated -- doing that may fix the program.

Perhaps see Freestore management.

This did fix the program, thanks so much for your help!!

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