DELETING AN ELEMENT FROM AN ARRAY

//there is a simple program that will delete an element from array

language=C++

 #include<iostream>

#include<stdio.h>

#include<stdlib.h>

using namespace std;

int main()

{

    int n,number = 0;

    cout << "Enter number of elements?";

    cin >>n;

    int la[n];

    for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)

    {

        char c;

        scanf( "%d%c",&la[i],&c );

/*input will terminate when enter is pressed or when the array is full and continude by pressing space.*/

        number += 1;

        if(c == '\n')

        {

            break;

        }

    }

    int delete_position,counter;

    cout << "which position do you want to delete?";

    cin >> delete_position;

    if(delete_position > n+1 || delete_position > number)

    {

        cout << "data overflow\n";

        return 0;

    }

    if(delete_position == 0)

    {

        cout << "data underflow";

        return 0;

    }

    counter = delete_position-1;

    while( counter < number - 1 )

    {

        la[counter] = la[counter+1];

        counter += 1;

    }

    number -= 1;

    cout << "updated linear array:";

    for(int i = 0; i < number; i++)

        cout << la[i] << " ";

    return 0;

}