* andrew clarke writes to Rowan_Crowe, on Wednesday October 02 1996
   at 22:32:

 PW>>> int Max_Length = sizeof(String) / sizeof(char);

 ac> ...

 >> you'll get Max_Length = sizeof(String) / 1 (on a DOS platform).

 ac> sizeof(char) == 1 [byte] on all platforms.

Yup. I stand corrected (can we agree on 'clarified'? :) )

 ac> FWIW, if I'm reading this thread right I think the expression should
 ac> be

 ac>   size_t Max_Length = sizeof(String) - 1;

 ac> (In other words, the size of the entire array minus one byte for the
 ac> null terminator.)

But will this still work if the array is not in scope? What if it's passed
to a function as a pointer?

Cheers.

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