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Re: sizeof("string")

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From: dillon
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1987 22:11
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: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
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