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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <assert.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
    char* words[] = { "from", "Jack", "McBrearty", "to", "everyone" };
    // Each element of words is a char*.  Ex: words[0] is a char*.
    // `whatis words` would return char*[5].
    // sizeof(words) == sizeof(char*[5]) ==> 5 * 8 => 40
    // sizeof(words) == 5 * sizeof(char*) ==> 5 * 8 ==> 40
    // sizeof(*words) ==> sizeof(words[0]) ==> sizeof(char*) ==> 8
    size_t num_words = sizeof(words) / sizeof(*words);
    // This works only on arrays declared with square brackets.

    printf("sizeof(words)  == %zd\n", sizeof(words));
    printf("sizeof(*words) == %zd\n", sizeof(*words));
    printf("num_words      == %zd\n", num_words);
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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