Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!lll-lcc!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!CORY.BERKELEY.EDU!dillon From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: sizeof("string") Message-ID: <8704142211.AA27609@cory.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Tue, 14-Apr-87 17:11:12 EST Article-I.D.: cory.8704142211.AA27609 Posted: Tue Apr 14 17:11:12 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Apr-87 23:54:10 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 20 :main() :{ : printf( "%d\n", sizeof( string ) ); : printf( "%d\n", sizeof( strpt ) ); : printf( "%d\n", sizeof( "hello" ) ); :} : :the result would be: : :20 :4 :4 : :Dave Burris Sorry Dave, your wrong. Not only should sizeof("hello") be 6 theoretically, but every compiler I've ever used (and I have NOT used megamax) returns 6. Just how long have you been programming in C? -Matt