C-string size including null terminater

Question

 char* str = “ABC\n”;

When asked "How many characters are allocated for this string?" why is the answer 5?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 28 '13 at 05:33

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3 alphabetic characters + 1 escape character + 1 end of string [\0] character

answered Feb 28 '13 at 05:33

Achrome

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 28 '13 at 05:42

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3 bytes for A, B, and C, 1 for the newline and one for the null, aka \0 character.

answered Feb 28 '13 at 05:42

Sotiris Kal.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 28 '13 at 08:31

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3 Albhabets (ABC) and one new line (\n) and last for null (or end of the string) i.e. \0.

So the total is five.

answered Feb 28 '13 at 08:31

Ankur Goel

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