Re: [Mingw-users] Stupid C++ question... sorry about using this list

[Tsu <ts...@cy...>]

> #include <iostream>


> int main() {

> char* one   =3D "oneone";
> char  two[] =3D "twotwo";

> cout << sizeof( one) << endl;
> cout << sizeof( two) << endl;

> cout << strlen( one) << endl;
> cout << strlen( two) << endl;

> }

> ----- output -----

> 4
> 7
> 6
> 6


> Ok, question --- My assumption forever has been that one and two are bot=
h
> char* or pointers to a char.
> =09What's wrong with my thinking?
> =09I was expecting sizeof( one) and sizeof( two) to both return 4, the
> =09actual size of a pointer, 4 bytes. Instead sizeof( two) returnes the
> =09number of chars in the array including the null terminator. I'm
> =09cornfused.

I'm far from being an expert but I think that 'one' is a pointer (thus the=
 4 bytes) to the const literal (I suppose this is the correct term) "oneon=
e" and the other is an array of 7 char positions ("twotwo" + '\0').


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