Can the sizeof operator be used to tell the size of an array passed to a function?

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Can the sizeof operator be used to tell the size of an array passed to a function?

No. There’s no way to tell, at runtime, how many elements are in an array parameter just by looking at the array parameter itself. Remember, passing an array to a function is exactly the same as passing a pointer to the first element.

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