On 02 Oct 96, Rowan_Crowe wrote to Paul Wankadia --



 PW> I tried to automatically determine the maximum string length by using

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

 PW> because it is an array of char.  What am I doing wrong?

 R > I could be wrong, but sizeof(String) returns the number of chars. Are



I looked at the help for it a while back and it returns size_t, which is

supposedly the number of bytes...?



 R > you wanting the number of chars (elements), or number of bytes (an

 R > obscene word in portable C)?



The Max_Length of String -- the strlen().  Yes yes -- the number of elements,

if you insist :)



 R > What happens with the above line, does the compiler return an error,

 R > or are you getting unpredictable results?



Nope -- returns the sizeof() the pointer, according to everyone else who has

replied (I think).  Which appears to be 2.



 R > Assuming that the above expression is able to be evaluated at compile

 R > time, there should be no problems, as you'll get Max_Length =

 R > sizeof(String) / 1 (on a DOS platform).



Yeah -- but String is a pointer, as that line of code is in a function that

is passed a pointer to String <:(



 R > Cheers.



What's yours? :)



Chow.



Junyer Hakker.



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