array of char array in headerfile (string list) - some questions

[sigi]

i've got something like this in a headerfile:

const char* const StringList[]=
{
"FirstString",
"SecondString",
....
}

(haven't checked the syntax yet, but i guess it's ok?)

there can be more than one such list, later on i decide which to take and
use this to fill a std::map (i also got some defines to make code easier to
read... )

my questions:

is there any way to get number of strings in this list? if they were fixed
length there's the trick using sizeof var / sizeof var[0].

it would be easy to provide a const of values in this list, or having a
special "stop string" - just out of curiosity...

but i guess if there's something i would rather be compiler specific and
therefor this question won't belong here

 

[benben]

i've got something like this in a headerfile:

const char* const StringList[]=
{
"FirstString",
"SecondString",
....
}

(haven't checked the syntax yet, but i guess it's ok?)

there can be more than one such list, later on i decide which to take and
use this to fill a std::map (i also got some defines to make code easier to
read... )

my questions:

is there any way to get number of strings in this list? if they were fixed
length there's the trick using sizeof var / sizeof var[0].

This is indeed the answer.

it would be easy to provide a const of values in this list, or having a
special "stop string" - just out of curiosity...

If this is a question, the answer is, it doesn't matter, up to you.

 

[Rolf Magnus]

i've got something like this in a headerfile:

const char* const StringList[]=
{
"FirstString",
"SecondString",
....
}

(haven't checked the syntax yet, but i guess it's ok?)

there can be more than one such list, later on i decide which to take and
use this to fill a std::map (i also got some defines to make code easier
to read... )

my questions:

is there any way to get number of strings in this list? if they were fixed
length there's the trick using sizeof var / sizeof var[0].

The elements of an array are always fixed length. So this is indeed the way
to find the number of elements.

 

[sigi]

a my lord, for sure...

thanks.

i've got something like this in a headerfile:

const char* const StringList[]=
{
"FirstString",
"SecondString",
....
}

(haven't checked the syntax yet, but i guess it's ok?)

there can be more than one such list, later on i decide which to take and
use this to fill a std::map (i also got some defines to make code easier
to read... )

my questions:

is there any way to get number of strings in this list? if they were
fixed
length there's the trick using sizeof var / sizeof var[0].

The elements of an array are always fixed length. So this is indeed the
way
to find the number of elements.

 

[sigi]

i've got something like this in a headerfile:

const char* const StringList[]=
{
"FirstString",
"SecondString",
....
}

(haven't checked the syntax yet, but i guess it's ok?)

there can be more than one such list, later on i decide which to take and
use this to fill a std::map (i also got some defines to make code easier to
read... )

my questions:

is there any way to get number of strings in this list? if they were
fixed
length there's the trick using sizeof var / sizeof var[0].

This is indeed the answer.

it would be easy to provide a const of values in this list, or having a
special "stop string" - just out of curiosity...

If this is a question, the answer is, it doesn't matter, up to you.

but i guess if there's something i would rather be compiler specific and
therefor this question won't belong here