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[Dev-C++] number of array elements!

[Khalid El-K. <kha...@ho...>]

Hi,
i'm a newbie asking about how can i count the number of elements in a 
non-string array? is this possible?

infact returning to the origin from where the array was initialized will 
affect the efficency--causing me to run the same function twise!

thanx for any help

Regards,
Khalid Al-kary
http://creaturesx.ma.cx/kxparse/






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Re: [Dev-C++] number of array elements!

[<or...@vp...>]

Hello again!

Khalid El-Kary wrote:
> Hi,
> i'm a newbie asking about how can i count the number of elements in a 
> non-string array? is this possible?

No, I suppose in C it is not possible. In C a "string" is considered a 
non-string array, because it is an array of char-s (char[]). And every "string" 
in C (a char[]) must be terminated with a '\0' character, which means that the 
last element must be '\0', otherwise you don't know, where to stop.
So you need to store the number of elements in another variable, or you need a 
special value, that will indicate the end of the array.

I think.
--
Regards
   Balázs