sizeof(structure->array)

[ch_dupre]

Hello there,

I am trying to optain the size of an array which is a member of a pointer to a structure.

Here is my sample code:
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typedef struct
{
int i;
char array[20];
} structure;

void main()
{
structure example;
structure* pexample;
pexample = &example;

fprintf(COM1, "%d and %d\n", sizeof(example.array), sizeof(pexample->array));

}
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I get "20 and 2" as output. I was expecting "20 and 20".
In my application, I only have a pointer to the structure. Is it possible to obtain the size of the array?

Thanks

Christophe D.

[kender]

[future]

I think that sizeof is evaluated at compile time, this is why it shows your pointer as long (2 bytes).