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Looking for a macro equivalent to strlen()

Is there any way of getting the length of a const char[] at compile time using macros?
Jun 11 '09 #1
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JosAH
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You could have a look at the compile time operator sizeof; it returns the number of bytes taken by a type or an expression.

kind regards,

Jos
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