Determining the Length of a String Literal

Question

Given an array of pointers to string literals:

char *textMessages[] = {
    \"Small text message\",
    \"Slightly larger text message\",
    \"A really larg         


        

Answer 1

You should use the strlen() library method to get the length of a string. sizeof will give you the size of textMessages[2], a pointer, which would be machine dependent (4 bytes or 8 bytes).