Re: Trying to get the size of a Datastructure through the pointer? Possible? Not having good luck with it.. -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: Trying to get the size of a Datastructure through the pointer? Possible? Not having good luck with it..
From: Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:45:21 -0500
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No. Pointers do not carry any information about what they point to.

But when you can get the size from %Size of the DS why do you care anyway?

Jon Paris

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On Nov 19, 2010, at 11:47 AM, rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

My question, is it possible to get the size of MasterList_T from its basing
pointer? Is there a bif or something that will let me get it?

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