Thread: Help with void pointer

Hi,

As part of my ongoing c programming education, I have written a program to use void pointers in a function, however, I am experiencing a strange issue for which I would appreciate some assistance...

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

#define  MAX_NUMBERS 10

size_t size(void *object);

int main(void) {

    int numbers[MAX_NUMBERS] = { 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 };

    printf("sizeof() = %d\n",sizeof(numbers));
    printf("size()   = %d\n",size(numbers));

    return 0;

}


size_t size(void *object) {
    return sizeof(object);
}

When I run the program I get the following output:

Code:

sizeof() = 40
size()   = 4

Now I think that the result 4 is the size of the pointer, so I'm confussed as why it doesn't give me the same result as 40.

I'm sure i've missed something real simple

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