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| From | James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: memcpy not memcpying? |
| Date | 2019-11-01 09:49 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <qphd5g$too$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <2LVuF.7$BF1.0@fx26.iad> <qSVuF.94$kE3.74@fx36.iad> <qphblr$leg$1@dont-email.me> <DHWuF.1569$kt1.1295@fx46.iad> |
On 11/1/19 9:46 AM, DFS wrote:
> On 11/1/2019 9:24 AM, James Kuyper wrote:
>> On 11/1/19 8:49 AM, DFS wrote:
>>> On 11/1/2019 8:42 AM, DFS wrote:
>>>> Just trying to combine 2 arrays:
>>>> ====================================================================
>>>> #include <stdio.h>
>>>> #include <stdlib.h>
>>>> #include <string.h>
>>>>
>>>> int i = 0;
>>>>
>>>> void combinearrays(int a, int b, char *x[], char *y[], char *z[]) {
>>>> memcpy(z, x, a);
>>
>> It would appear from context that you intend to copy a elements from the
>> array x to the array z. The third element of memcpy() indicates how many
>> bytes to copy, not the number of elements to copy. What is the element
>> type of those arrays? Do you have any particular reason to think that
>> the size of that type is 1?
>
> Keith Thompson (clc): "Because sizeof (char) is 1 by definition."
>
>
> but I see:
> printf("%d\n",sizeof(char*));
> 8
Yes - oddly enough, char and char* are different types, with typically
different sizes.
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memcpy not memcpying? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2019-11-01 08:42 -0400
Re: memcpy not memcpying? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2019-11-01 08:49 -0400
Re: memcpy not memcpying? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2019-11-01 09:24 -0400
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