On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 10:27:06AM -0700, Kerry Twibell wrote: > I've been using the function "MemPtrNew(StrLen(charsP)) - this way, I > don't allocate too much or too little memory. Is this the correct way > to allocate memory for Char strings?
No. You need to find a good book that explains C strings to you. You need to allocate enough memory to hold the entire string, which is the length of the string, plus one byte to hold the NUL termination character: MemPtrNew(StrLen(c) + 1); > I've tried "MemPtrNew(sizeof(charsP))," This will allocate 4 bytes (charsP is a pointer, which is 4 bytes on m68k). > "MemPtrnew(sizeof(*charsP))" and This will allocate 1 byte (*charsP is a char, which is 1 byte). > "MemPtrNew(*charsP)," but all seem to fail. This will allocate an undetermined number of bytes, from 0 to 255, depending on what the first character is in the string. If the string was "A bug", then it would allocate 65 bytes (ascii A == 65). -- Dave Carrigan Seattle, WA, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.rudedog.org/ | ICQ:161669680 UNIX-Apache-Perl-Linux-Firewalls-LDAP-C-C++-DNS-PalmOS-PostgreSQL-MySQL Dave is currently listening to Lords of the New Church - My Kingdom Come (The Method To Our Madness) -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
