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    How would you go about finding the size of an array?

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    Assuming this is an adhoc question a try-catch block will do it.

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    size_t array_size = 0;
    try {
        while(true, myarray[array_size++]);
    }
    catch(const std::runtime_error &err) {
        ; // do nothing
    }
    Of course. This is purely for fun. An array dimension should be a const object (or a non const one if it is a dynamic array) and should be in scope wherever the array is used.
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    Quote Originally Posted by haoli12345
    How would you go about finding the size of an array?

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    Use std::vector instead.
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    If you are in the same scope as the array was created and it is a static array, you can divide the sizeof the array by the sizeof one element in the array.

    Otherwise you should keep track of it yourself. Of course, in C++, you should generally be using vector or some other container that keeps track of its own size.

    Mario F.'s fun attempt won't actually work reliably, since you can read past the bounds of the array without generating an error in some cases. That behavior is undefined.

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    You are right Daved.

    It is completely wrong. My mind is somewhere else. an overflow doesn't throw an exception. Just consider the last paragraph to be true. Anything before that is... ridiculous.
    Originally Posted by brewbuck:
    Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.

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    Furthermore, I think you had your comma beckwords:
    "while(true, myarray[array_size++]);".
    The way it is the true comma is useless. It would effectively be a tool for finding the lenght of a null pointing string. Perhalps you wanted this infinate loop:
    "while(myarray[array_size++],true);".
    It is too clear and so it is hard to see.
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    BTW, the C++ equivalent of a statically sized array is std::tr1::array. Boost should have an implementation, as does Dinkumware I think.

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    Quote Originally Posted by King Mir
    Furthermore, I think you had your comma beckwords:
    "while(true, myarray[array_size++]);".
    The way it is the true comma is useless. It would effectively be a tool for finding the lenght of a null pointing string. Perhalps you wanted this infinate loop:
    "while(myarray[array_size++],true);".
    Nah. The code was correct. The idea was to do an infinite loop. The exception would be generated by the overflow.
    Originally Posted by brewbuck:
    Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.

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    King Mir's point was that the result of the comma expression is the rightmost statement.

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    Duh... i'm just too tired. It's 8am and I had no sleep tonight. Sorry about the whole posting on this thread
    Originally Posted by brewbuck:
    Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.

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    Furthermore, I think you had your comma beckwords:
    Once I talked to an English guy (in a multiplayer game), who told that he can't spell the word backwards (he wrote it like "backwurds" or "buckwerds").
    Is this word really so difficult?
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    Quote Originally Posted by maxorator
    Once I talked to an English guy (in a multiplayer game), who told that he can't spell the word backwards (he wrote it like "backwurds" or "buckwerds").
    Is this word really so difficult?
    If it were just backwords I'd be fine, but you probably want me to spell everything right.

    I'm horrible at spelling, epecially when I'm typing fast. I'm sure this post is a tesiment to that.
    It is too clear and so it is hard to see.
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    about finding the size of an array... I agree with Mario F., an array dimesion should be a const int, but if you had a situation where you were creating an array on the fly and filling it with information as you do so, it would make sense to me to use a counter variable to keep track of the size as you go. What are you trying to do?

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    This thread is 4 days old, Miles.

    What are you trying to do?
    What is who trying to do? (Hey... it rhymes!)
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    void J(char*a){int f,i=0,c='1';for(;a[i]!='0';++i)if(i==81){
    puts(a);return;}for(;c<='9';++c){for(f=0;f<9;++f)if(a[i-i%27+i%9
    /3*3+f/3*9+f%3]==c||a[i%9+f*9]==c||a[i-i%9+f]==c)goto e;a[i]=c;J(a);a[i]
    ='0';e:;}}int main(int c,char**v){int t=0;if(c>1){for(;v[1][
    t];++t);if(t==81){J(v[1]);return 0;}}puts("sudoku [0-9]{81}");return 1;}

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