why is the value of sizeof(arr) in maxdiff function = 4 ?
where as in main function it is 24

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Vishal Thanki <vishaltha...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Rujin is right, here is the code which compiles..
>
> vishal@ubuntu:~/progs/c\ 11:04:37 AM >$ cat alg.c
> #include<stdio.h>
> int maxdiff(int arr[]);
> int main()
> {
>        int p,arr[]={2,4,1,6,23,4};
>        p=maxdiff(arr);
>        printf("\n MAX Diff is \t %d",p);
>         return 0;
> }
> int maxdiff(int arr[])
> {
>        int diff=0,len,i,j;
>        unsigned p;
>        len=sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]);
>        for(i=0;i<len;i++)
>        {
>                for(j=i;j<len;j++)
>                {
>                        p=arr[j]-arr[i];
>                        if((p-diff)>0)
>                                diff=p;
>                }
>        }
>        return diff;
> }
> vishal@ubuntu:~/progs/c\ 11:04:40 AM >$ gcc alg.c -Wall
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 7:20 AM, varun pahwa <varunpahwa2...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > actually u r passing arr,and receiving arr[] which actually receives the
> > first element address. So arr will be a reference to first address. so
> its
> > size will be 4  bytes and arr size will also be 4 bytes. so ur len
> contains
> > only 1. so ur loop runs only once.i hope it clears.
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 4:49 PM, ashwini singh <asingh...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> still it's not working
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Rujin Cao <drizzle...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> int maxdiff(int );
> >>> int maxdiff(int arr[]);
> >>> The signatures of  maxdiff function are  not the same.
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 6:53 AM, ashwini singh <asingh...@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> this code gives an error ([Warning] passing arg 1 of `maxdiff' makes
> >>>> integer from pointer without a cast) . Please explain the reasons.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> #include<stdio.h>
> >>>> #include<conio.h>
> >>>> int maxdiff(int );
> >>>> main()
> >>>> {
> >>>>       int p,arr[]={2,4,1,6,23,4};
> >>>>       p=maxdiff(arr);
> >>>>       printf("\n MAX Diff is \t %d",p);
> >>>>       getch();
> >>>>       }
> >>>> int maxdiff(int arr[])
> >>>> {
> >>>>     int diff=0,len,i,j;
> >>>>     unsigned p;
> >>>>     len=sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]);
> >>>>     for(i=0;i<len;i++)
> >>>>     {
> >>>>       for(j=i;j<len;j++)
> >>>>       {
> >>>>          p=arr[j]-arr[i];
> >>>>          if((p-diff)>0)
> >>>>          diff=p;
> >>>>       }
> >>>>     }
> >>>>     return diff;
> >>>>     }
> >>>>
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