getting length of char*?
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lets size i have char* test = "test character pointer"; Now this string is 22 characters long(maybe 23 with terminating character). Now would i be able to get the number through code?
use the strlen(char*); or, assuming that the pointer is null terminated:
int size = 0;
for(size = 0; size < some max value; size ++)
{
if(test == (char)0)
break;
}
int size = 0;
for(size = 0; size < some max value; size ++)
{
if(test == (char)0)
break;
}
You can also try this alternative if you're using C++:
char* test = "test character pointer";std::string str(test);std::cout << str.length(); // returns size of strQuote:Original post by Great_White
You can also try this alternative if you're using C++:
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Or you could just do:
std::string ("test character pointer").length ()Quote:Original post by Key_46
use the strlen(char*); or, assuming that the pointer is null terminated:
int size = 0;
for(size = 0; size < some max value; size ++)
{
if(test == (char)0)
break;
}
dude, strlen requires a null terminated string,
and its the string that has to be null terminated, not the pointer.
and if you are working with char strings you should always null terminate them.
char* test = "test character pointer"; // const char strings will always be automatically null terminated
unsigned int size = strlen(test); // equals 22, null char not counted
include <string.h>, <windows.h> includes it in the background if you are working with windows.
Quote:Original post by Key_46
use the strlen(char*); or, assuming that the pointer is null terminated:
int size = 0;
for(size = 0; size < some max value; size ++)
{
if(test == (char)0)
break;
}
// alternativelyint size = 0;while (*(str++)) size++;return size;
All proposed solutions work, but using strlen() is preferrable to everything else in the given example, because the string is a string literal.
Modern compilers will simply replace strlen() with an integer literal equal to the string's length, whereas the for() construct will calculate the length at runtime, as will std::string::length (which will additionally have to allocate memory, copy the string, and free memory).
Modern compilers will simply replace strlen() with an integer literal equal to the string's length, whereas the for() construct will calculate the length at runtime, as will std::string::length (which will additionally have to allocate memory, copy the string, and free memory).
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