Another sizeof() question

[MinnisotaFreezing]

Ok. If I go

TextOut(hdc, 0, 0, TEXT("Hello!&quot, sizeof("Hello!"

my string will come out the right length. But if I go

TCHAR * strBuff = "Hello!";
TextOut(hdc, 0, 0, strBuff, sizeof(strBuff));

it will not work because the pointer is smaller than the string, right, the reason to use a pointer. My question is, how can I get the length for TextOut dynamically using a pointer? That is

TextOut (hdc, 0, 0, strBuff, 6);

works with "Hello!" but if I want to change the string, I must then change the 6. I guess I'm looking for a Len() equivilent for C++.

Any help is greatly appriciated,

Thanks,

CJB

 

[Zyrenthian]

strlen(strBuff) will give you the length of the string

matt

 

[IonelBurtan]

You can write:

TCHAR * strBuff = "Hello!";
TextOut(hdc, 0, 0, strBuff, sizeof(*strBuff));
(NOTICE THE *)

(this way you will not be forced to include string.h for strlen)

Hope this helps,s-)
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[Cagliostro]

sizeof(strBuff) will always return the size on an int in bytes(is always 4), which is the addreess of your string in RAM. John Fill

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[joeGrammar]

I concur