Not really. Usually you would need a second parameter indicating the size of the input. In theory it might be possible to put a marker value at the end of the array.
Most implementations of malloc store the size of the memory block in the word immediately before the returned address. This is used when you free the memory. So some programmers use things like: int *data = (int *)malloc(n*sizeof(int)); And then later: int size = *(data-4)/sizeof(int); This would not work if data was declared as an array rather than as a malloced pointer. It is also completely implementation dependent, so I would not recommend it for any code which someone may someday have to maintain. Don On Sep 15, 10:59 am, rahul vatsa <[email protected]> wrote: > if i pass an int array to a function, is it possible to find out the no of > elements in the called function ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
