Array size inside function

#1

Why we cannot make array of size greater than 10^5 inside the function?

#2

Hey @himanshugupta8
In most of the cases I found it close to 10^6
One of the main reason is Limited amount of memory available
To dive deeper ,u can refer to this : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/216259/is-there-a-max-array-length-limit-in-c

#3

If memory issues then how come we are able to make array of 10^6 outside the function?

#4

Hey @himanshugupta8
In main the array is allocated on stack whose size is equal to 8MB
The global array is allocated on data segment whose size in == available memory

So inside main u can allocate
int array of 2*10^6 easily which is 8MB
char array of size 8*10^6 which is again 8MB
: https://ide.codingblocks.com/s/380674

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