Subj : Re: malloc and free
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Alistair
Date : Sun Jul 11 2004 11:13 pm

_msize(void *pointer);

Never mind!  Why is it I look for ages and cant find a thing, then soon as I
post a question I find the answer!

Must be a Sunday Night Thing!  (Normally a Monday morning?! Seems it has
come early this week!)

Cheers

Alistair

"Alistair" <alistair@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:40f1a7dc$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> char * memused = (char *)malloc(80);  //allocate 80 bytes
> memset(memused, '\0', 80);
> strcpy(memused, "TEST");
>
> How do i find out how many bytes memused has if I dont remember the value
> 80?
> strlen returns 4, which is correct, but I want the amount of memory
> allocated in the first place.
>
> Does anyone know?!
>
> Cheers
>
> Alistair
>
>

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