AfxIsValidString

Use this function to determine whether a pointer to a string is valid.

BOOL AfxIsValidString( 
   LPCSTR lpsz, 
   int nLength = -1  
);

Parameters

  • lpsz
    The pointer to test.

  • nLength
    Specifies the length of the string to be tested, in bytes. A value of –1 indicates that the string will be null-terminated.

Return Value

In debug builds, nonzero if the specified pointer points to a string of the specified size; otherwise 0.

In non-debug builds, nonzero if lpsz is not NULL; otherwise 0.

Example

// Create a character string which should be valid. 
char str[12] = "hello world";

// Create a null pointer, which should be an invalid string. 
char* null = (char*)0x0;

ASSERT(AfxIsValidString(str, 12));
ASSERT(!AfxIsValidString(null, 5));   

Requirements

Header: afx.h

See Also

Reference

AfxIsMemoryBlock

AfxIsValidAddress

Concepts

MFC Macros and Globals