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How to find the sizeof( a pointer pointing to an array )
I understand that the sizeof operator is evaluated and replaced with a constant at compile time. Given that, how can a function, being passed different arrays at different points in a program, have it's size computed? I can pass it as a parameter to the function, but I'd rather not have to add another parameter if I don't absolutely have to.
Here's an example to illustrate what I'm asking:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define SIZEOF(a) ( sizeof a / sizeof a[0] )
void printarray( double x[], int );
int main()
{
double array1[ 100 ];
printf( "The size of array1 = %ld.\n", SIZEOF( array1 ));
printf( "The size of array1 = %ld.\n", sizeof array1 );
printf( "The size of array1[0] = %ld.\n\n", sizeof array1[0] );
printarray( array1, SIZEOF( array1 ) );
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
void printarray( double p[], int s )
{
int i;
// THIS IS WHAT DOESN"T WORK, SO AS A CONSEQUENCE, I PASS THE
// SIZE IN AS A SECOND PARAMETER, WHICH I'D RATHER NOT DO.
printf( "The size of p calculated = %ld.\n", SIZEOF( p ));
printf( "The size of p = %ld.\n", sizeof p );
printf( "The size of p[0] = %ld.\n", sizeof p[0] );
for( i = 0; i < s; i++ )
printf( "Eelement %d = %lf.\n", i, p[i] );
return;
}
There is no magic solution. C is not a reflective language. Objects don't automatically know what they are.
But you have many choices: