#include <string.h>

/**
 * Gets the buffer size to allocate based on the given components.
 *
 * @param components An array of null-terminated C strings to measure the length of
 * @param num_components The number of items in the components array.
 *
 * @return The buffer size to allocate, excluding the null terminator
 */
size_t get_buffer_size(const char **components, int num_components) {
    size_t buffer_size = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < num_components; i++) {
        buffer_size += strlen(components[i]);
    }

    return buffer_size;
}