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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: sizeof("string")
Message-ID: <2607@mtgzz.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-Apr-87 09:25:38 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 14 09:25:38 1987
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Summary: A suggestion.


I strongly recommend using either of the constructs:

static char xyz[] = "string";
/* at some point later in your code */
... sizeof xyz ... /* no overhead in using the symbol: xyz */

OR

... sizeof (char *) ...

Depending on what result you are looking for.

Note: (sizeof xyz) == (strlen(xyz) + 1) in THIS case. After all, I could
set xyz[0] = '\0', and the equality will not hold.
Remember: sizeof does not generate any run time code (unlike the strlen);
it is evaluated at compile time.