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Title:	ARR01-C. Do not apply the sizeof operator to a pointer when taking the size of an array
Author:	Robert C. Seacord	Jun 21, 2006
Last Changed by:	Jill Britton	Jul 24, 2025
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/CdYxBQ
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Android (1)     Page: Unknown Applicability (C Rules/Recomendations)

SEI CERT C Coding Standard (1)     Page: DCL06-C. Use meaningful symbolic constants to represent literal values

Parent Page     Page: Rec. 06. Arrays (ARR)

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Jul 24, 2025 10:55	Jill Britton	View Changes
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Apr 27, 2022 06:24	Jill Britton

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