Fast question on sizeof() 1

[MinnisotaFreezing]

I understand how sizeof() can give you the number of elements in an array when they are all the same size, as in

int array[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
size_t sizearr =
sizeof( array ) / sizeof( array[0] );

(Lifted from the MSDN)

But why does it work when the elements are different sizes, like:

sysmetrics[] =
{TEXT("STEVE&quot, TEXT("JACOBE&quot, TEXT("CHRISTOPHER"};

size_t sizearr = sizeof(array)/sizeof(array[0]);

where size_t would = 3?

(Lifted from Programming Windows&quot

 

[Cagliostro]

As I see, the second array, is twodimmensional string, but the first is unidimensional array. John Fill

ivfmd@mail.md

 

[joeGrammar]

Yea, what you have in the second array is basically

char* sysmetrics[];

or an array of character pointers. Its just gonna count the character pointers for you

 

[MinnisotaFreezing]

Thank you two very much.

CJB