How to find Dynamically allocated size in c language?

Question

Write a function to find exact size of dynamically created * variable ?

Guys it is working but for static allocation only...

int alp=0;
printf("%d",(char*)(&alp+1)-(char*)(&alp));

it will return 4 correct size, which is size of int at 32 bit machine but not working with dynamically allocated pointer variable.

char *c=(char *)malloc(12*sizeof(char));

How to find size of *c which is actually 12 here ??

please Help me to write a function to find dynamically allocated memory.

Answer 1

The short and only answer is that you can't. You simply have to keep track of it yourself.

Answer 2

There's no way to know programmatically how many bytes were allocated in a call to malloc() . You need to keep track of that size separately and pass that size around where needed.

For example:

void myfunc(char *c, int size)
{
    int i;
    for (i=0;i<size;i++) {
        printf("c[%d]=%c\n",size,c[size]);
    }
}

int main()
{
    int len=10;
    char *c = malloc(len);
    strcpy(c,"hello");
    myfunc(c,len);
    free(c);
}