Arraysize
 
Provides the size of an array given its array-name.

Syntax

Declare Function ArraySize ( arrayname() As Const Any ) As UInteger

Usage

#include once "fbc-int/array.bi"
using FB
...
result = ArraySize(arrayname())

Parameters

arrayname
The name of the array for which the size is returned.

Description

Returns the total size (in bytes) of the array specified by arrayname() (size of array element multiplied by total number of array elements).

Example

#include Once "fbc-int/array.bi"
Using FB

Dim As LongInt array(4, 5)
Dim As UInteger array_size

array_size = ArraySize(array())
Print array_size                 '' 240

Version

  • Since fbc 1.09.0.

Differences from QB

  • New to FreeBASIC.

See also