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Learning C with gdb
gdb is very nice. I use it with C++ too. Watch sizeof on char arrays. Why is my string's sizeof always 8? That confuses some when starting out.
lysol
on Aug 27, 2012
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That's because sizeof is for the size of the variable (a char pointer), not the size of the string up to the null terminator, which is what strlen's for.
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