Size of char array

[parikshitpanwar]

char s3[10] = “hello”;
cout<<s3<<" "<<sizeof(s3)<<endl;

The output size for the above code is 10, why? And how to get the actual size of the array, that is 5 (for “hello”)?

[aman212yadav (Aman Yadav)]

hello @parikshitpanwar

@parikshitpanwar

The output size for the above code is 10, why?

@parikshitpanwar

char s3[10]

because u have declared array of size 10.

@parikshitpanwar

And how to get the actual size of the array, that is 5 (for “hello”)?

use strlen function

[aman212yadav (Aman Yadav)]

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