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iOS Objective-C Basics (Retired) Pointers and Memory Array Size and Length

array length

why doesn't this work?:

float real_numbers [5] = {11.1,22.2,33.3,44.4,55.5}; printf("array real_numbers %ld bytes", sizeof (real_numbers));

2 Answers

Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,912 Points

I bet it's because you're using curly braces instead of square brackets to declare your array. Try this:

float real_numbers [5] = [11.1,22.2,33.3,44.4,55.5]; 
printf("array real_numbers %ld bytes", sizeof(real_numbers));

That didn't do the trick. Here is the assignment.

Using the printf function print the size in bytes of the variable real_numbers. Your output should look like the following: Array real_numbers is x bytes.

Hi Stephen,

Your output isn't exactly matching what the challenge wants.

You need to capitalize Array and you're missing is from your output.

Also, you don't have to fill the array with 5 floats. float real_numbers[5]; is enough. You only need to declare space for 5 floats.