nul terminating a int array

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Published on 2010-06-08T15:52:28Z Indexed on 2010/06/08 16:02 UTC
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Hello,

gcc 4.4.4 c89

I was just experimenting with a int array. And something just came to my mind. Can I nul terminate it. For example, I am using a 0 to nul terminate. However, 0 could well be a valid value in this array.

The code below will terminate after the 5. Even though I mean 0 to be a valid number. However, I could specify the size of the array. But in this case, I don't want to this as I am just interested in this particular problem.

Many thanks for any advice,

#include <stdio.h>

static void test(int *p);

int main(void)
{
    int arr[] = {30, 450, 14, 5, 0, 10, '\0'};

    test(arr);

    return 0;
}

static void test(int *p)
{
    while(*p) {
        printf("Array values [ %d ]\n", *p++);
    }
}

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