Thread: Memory Allocation (dare!)

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    cof
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    Memory Allocation (dare!)

    hi
    i have some problem ...
    we have a function like below
    int how_many( int *p ){
    .......
    }
    how can we know the size of allocated memory for this pointer

    (
    for example in samewhere
    int *p=(int *)malloc(rand()*sizeof(int));
    printf("%d",how_many(p));

    there is a func. in VC named "_msize "
    but i want to learn how it works

    have a nice day

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    Just use Google or the Microsoft Developer Network to look up the function:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...crt__msize.asp

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    The _msize function will return the size in bytes of the allocation. Remember if you are actually looking for the # of elements you must divide out by the size of a single element.

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    cof
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    not exactly...

    ok
    i know _msize finds ...
    but i want to write my own function

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