Re: [Dev-C++] How to get the number of elements in an array

I tried that but it returns the size of the first element in the array (or 
whatever the pointer is pointing to).
To set Size I called a function and it returns 320 (bytes required). This is 
most troubling as I should know this! lol

Daniel


>From: "Paul Muehlbach" <tr...@gm...>
>To: "Daniel Glenfield" <sp...@ho...>
>Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] How to get the number of elements in an array
>Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:04:00 +0100 (MET)
>
> > This is an easy Q I know but I can't think how to do it...
> >
> > Size = 9;  // Decided by a function but set to 9 for this example
> >
> > int* Buf = new int[Size];
> >
> > int Tmp = sizeof(Buf);
> >
> > This can't be right. How do I get the size? Len(Buf) and Length(Buf) are
> > not
> > recognised (I thought they were functions but I guess not).
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
>
>try
>
>Tmp = sizeof(*Buf);
>
>(sorry,but normally,i use c-array functions ^^°)
>
>traexx
>
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