Re: Getting memory size

Nimish wrote:
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> Hi
> 
> Here b is being used.
> I want to get memory size using pointer "a"..
> if I perform the same operation on pointer a it gives me 8 bytes i.e.
> size of the pointer not the size of the memory allocated to the
> pointer.
> 
> regards
> Nimish
> 
And that is the way it is designed to work. As I wrote before (along
with several others) you cannot do what you want in C++. Now there are
fine ways of achieving the functionality but not with raw pointers.
std::vector would be a typical alternative.

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