(C++) terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc' - c++

Question

I keep getting an error of bad memory allocation. I've spent the whole night trying to find where I went wrong but I can't figure out what.
I've combed through every line but still nothing. Could it be that my program/laptop just isn't strong enough?
Any help would be extremely helpful. My head is ringing and I need some rest.
Here's my code:
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
using namespace std;
// struct to store word + count combinations
struct wordItem{
string word;
int count;
};
void getStopWords(char *ignoreWordFileName, vector<string>& _vecIgnoreWords);
bool isCommonWord(string word, vector<string>& _vecIgnoreWords);
void printTopN(wordItem wordItemList[], int topN);
void doubleArray(wordItem wordItemList[], int size);
int getTotalNumberNonCommonWords(wordItem wordItemList[], int size, int wordCount);
const int STOPWORD_LIST_SIZE = 50;
// ./a.out 10 HW1-HungerGames_edit.txt HW1-ignoreWords.txt
int main(int argc, char* argv[]){
vector<string> vecIgnoreWords(STOPWORD_LIST_SIZE);
// verify we have the correct # of parameters, else throw error msg & return
if (argc != 4){
cout << "Usage: ";
cout << argv[0] << " <number of words> <filename.txt> <ignorefilename.txt>"<< endl;
return 0;
}
//Set vector with stop words
getStopWords(argv[3], vecIgnoreWords);
//initialize struct array
int aSize = 100;
wordItem *theStructArray = new wordItem[aSize];
int counter = 0;
int doubleCount = 0;
//read main txt file
ifstream inFile(argv[1]);
if(inFile.is_open()){
string line;
string theWord;
//extract words from file
while(getline(inFile, line)){
istringstream iss(line);
//extract and analyze word
while(iss >> theWord){
if(!(isCommonWord(theWord, vecIgnoreWords))){
bool inStructArray = false;
int inStructPosition;
//search for word in Struct array
while (inStructArray == false){
for(int i=0; i<aSize; i++){
if (theWord == theStructArray[i].word){
inStructArray = true;
inStructPosition = i;
}
}
break;
}
//if word is in struct array
if (inStructArray == true){
theStructArray[inStructPosition].count++;
}
//else if it isn't
else{
//create new wordItem and add into struct
wordItem newWord;
newWord.word = theWord;
newWord.count = 1;
theStructArray[counter+(100*doubleCount)] = newWord;
counter++;
}
//if struct array hits maximum amount of elements,
if (counter == (aSize-1)){
doubleArray(theStructArray, aSize);
counter = 0;
doubleCount++;
aSize +=100;
}
}
}
}
inFile.close();
}
//Bubble sort masterArray
int bI, bJ, flag = 1;
wordItem bTemp;
for(bI=1; (bI <= aSize && flag); bI++){
flag = 0;
for(bJ=0; bJ<aSize; bJ++){
if(theStructArray[bJ+1].count > theStructArray[bJ].count){
bTemp = theStructArray[bJ];
theStructArray[bJ] = theStructArray[bJ+1];
theStructArray[bJ+1] = bTemp;
flag = 1;
}
}
}
//Print topN words
printTopN(theStructArray, atoi(argv[1]));
//print others
cout << "#" << endl;
cout << "Array doubled: " << doubleCount << endl;
cout <<"#" << endl;
cout << "Unique non-common words: "<< (aSize-100+counter)<<endl;
cout << "#"<<endl;
cout <<"Total non-common words: "<< getTotalNumberNonCommonWords(theStructArray, aSize, counter)<<endl;
return 0;
}
void getStopWords(char *ignoreWordFileName, vector<string>& _vecIgnoreWords){
ifstream inFile(ignoreWordFileName);
if(inFile.is_open()){
int a = 0;
string line;
while(getline(inFile, line)){
_vecIgnoreWords.insert(_vecIgnoreWords.begin() + a, line);
}
inFile.close();
}
return;
}
bool isCommonWord(string word, vector<string>& _vecIgnoreWords){
for(int i=0; i<STOPWORD_LIST_SIZE; i++){
if(word == _vecIgnoreWords.at(i)){
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
void printTopN(wordItem wordItemList[], int topN){
cout << endl;
for(int i=0; i<topN; i++){
cout<< wordItemList[i].count << '-' << wordItemList[i].word << endl;
}
return;
}
void doubleArray(wordItem wordItemList[], int size){
wordItem *tempArray = new wordItem[size+100];
for(int i=0; i<size; i++){
tempArray[i] = wordItemList[i];
}
delete [] wordItemList;
wordItemList = tempArray;
}
int getTotalNumberNonCommonWords(wordItem wordItemList[], int size, int wordCount){
int total = 0;
for(int i=0; i<(size-100+wordCount); i++){
total+=wordItemList[i].count;
}
return total;
}

Answer 1

You are doing very bad things in void doubleArray(wordItem wordItemList[], int size)
you can call delete [] on the array if you pass an array, but you cannot change its value, so doubleArray(theStructArray, aSize); will cause theStructArray to be deleted but not assigned to the memory you allocated. You are just assigning the local variable in the function doubleArray
It is similar to:
void doubleit(int x)
{
x *= 2;
}
int y=3;
doubleit(y);
here x was momentarily doubled to 6, but y never changed.
you need to use references, or better make theStructArray a std::vector and be done with it.