No We cannot use that information.. Reason 1> That is implantation of the compiler dependent and moreover is NOT expose. 2> When we use malloc to allocate memory in heap. its the base address of the value we get.. and incase of array there is no way you are restricted to put your values beyond your allocated size ..
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 12:03 AM, Abhirup Ghosh <abhiru...@gmail.com> wrote: > When malloc allocates memory it assigns a size field in the header to > indicate the size of the memory it allocates at a stretch. Can we not use > this information effectively? > On Jan 31, 2013 11:44 PM, "Piyush" <piyush.to...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> it will always work if array is statically allocated >> Not if dynamically allocated, say using malloc etc. >> >> On 30-Jan-13 1:55 PM, Prem Krishna Chettri wrote: >> >> @Piyush .. Never works.. >> >> @All there is no way to do the given requirement in pure C. >> >> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Piyush <piyush.to...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> sizeof(array)/sizeof(array[0]) >>> >>> >>> On 28-Jan-13 3:44 PM, Anil Sharma wrote: >>> >>> How to calculate the size/lenght of an int array which is passed as an >>> ONLY argument to a function???.... -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
