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Is there a good way to calculate the number of elements in a malloc'd array?
I need to implement a function that accepts a pointer which is the malloc'd array and returns the number of elements in the array.
I need to implement a function that accepts a pointer which is the malloc'd array and returns the number of elements in the array.
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If you use malloc(), you can use _msize() to get the size in bytes of the originally allocated block. Is this what you're searching for?
BTW: I cannot check right now, but i suppose this is not portable :)
BTW: I cannot check right now, but i suppose this is not portable :)
BTW again: I supposed you use MSC/MSVC ...
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I can't keep track of the malloc because this needs to be a function that returns the size of an array based upon the array passed. Yoren's 2nd idea seems to be the only workable solution. I will malloc 1+ the size of the array needed and append a sentinal value and then loop through until this value is encountered.
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They only workable solution.
Aren't you going to base it on the number of elements you need to put in the array?
An easy way is to just keep track of how much you malloc and/or put in.
Are you using structures or something of a consistent size?
If so, you can divide the size of the malloc'd array by the size of one data element. That will tell you how much you have in the array.
Yoren also has two workable ideas.