countof(3) — Linux manual page

NAME | LIBRARY | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | STANDARDS | HISTORY | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

countof(3)               Library Functions Manual              countof(3)

NAME         top

       countof, _Countof - count the number of elements in an array

LIBRARY         top

       Standard C library (libc)

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <stdcountof.h>

       size_t countof(array);

DESCRIPTION         top

       This operator counts the number of elements in an array.

       If the operand is not an array, it produces a compilation error.

       There's a keyword, _Countof(), that behaves identically, and can
       be used without including <stdcountof.h>.

RETURN VALUE         top

       The number of elements in the array.

STANDARDS         top

       C2y.

HISTORY         top

       gcc 16, clang 21.

SEE ALSO         top

       operator(7)

COLOPHON         top

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