c - How to calculate size of array from pointer variable?

Question

i have pointer of array(array which is in memory). Can i calculate the size of array from its pointer ? i dont know actually where is the array in memory. i only getting pointer adress(suppose 9001) using that adress i have to calculate array size.

Thanks.

Answer 1

No, you cannot calculate the size of the array. Objects in C do not carry type information, so you must arrange to know the size of the array ahead of time. Something like this:

void my_function(int array[], int size);