Using sizeof() on malloc’d memory [duplicate]

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Because the size of the “string” pointer is 8 bytes. Here are some examples of using sizeof() with their appropriate “size”. The term size_of() is sometimes deceiving for people not used to using it. In your case, the size of the pointer is 8 bytes.. below is a representation on a typical 32-bit system.

sizeof (char)   = 1
sizeof (double) = 8
sizeof (float)  = 4
sizeof (int)    = 4
sizeof (long)   = 4
sizeof (long long)  = 8
sizeof (short)  = 2
sizeof (void *) = 4

sizeof (clock_t)    = 4
sizeof (pid_t)  = 4
sizeof (size_t) = 4
sizeof (ssize_t)    = 4
sizeof (time_t) = 4

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You are leaving out how you are determining your string is disappearing (char array). It is probably being passed to a function, which you need to pass the explicit length as a variable or track it somewhere. Using sizeof() won’t tell you this.

See my previous question about this and you’ll see even my lack of initial understanding.

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