How do I determine the size of my array in C? That is, the number of elements the array can hold?

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In C, you can determine the size of an array using the sizeof operator. The size of the array is calculated as the total number of bytes occupied by the array. To get the number of elements in the array, you can divide the total size by the size of each individual element.

Here's an example of how to determine the number of elements in an array in C:

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#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
    int myArray[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
    int arraySize = sizeof(myArray) / sizeof(myArray[0]);

    printf("Number of elements in the array: %d\n", arraySize);

    return 0;
}

In this example, the myArray contains 5 integers. The sizeof(myArray) gives you the total size in bytes occupied by the array, and sizeof(myArray[0]) gives you the size of an individual element (an integer in this case). Dividing the total size by the size of an element gives you the number of elements in the array.

When you run the program, it will output:

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Number of elements in the array: 5

This approach works for statically allocated arrays. For dynamically allocated arrays, you need to keep track of the number of elements separately.

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