Declaring Pascal-style strings in C

Question

In C, is there a good way to define length first, Pascal-style strings as constants, so they can be placed in ROM? (I\'m working with a small embedded system with a non-GCC

Answer 1

You can define an array in the way you like, but note that this syntax is not adequate:

const char *s = {3, 'f', 'o', 'o'};

You need an array instead of a pointer:

const char s[] = {3, 'f', 'o', 'o'};

Note that a char will only store numbers up to 255 (considering it's not signed) and this will be your maximum string length.

Don't expect this to work where other strings would, however. A C string is expected to terminate with a null character not only by the compiler, but by everything else.