cs-3516-assignment-1/common/buffer_helper.c

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#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;
}