[zack3021]

I have been using,

pawn Код:

GetPlayerName(playerid,name,sizeof(name)); and 
GetPlayerName(playerid,name,MAX_PLAYER_NAME);

But what is the differences between them?

What effect does the sizeof() have on it?

[Cameltoe]

Quote:

Originally Posted by zack3021 I have been using, pawn Код: GetPlayerName(playerid,name,sizeof(name)); and GetPlayerName(playerid,name,MAX_PLAYER_NAME); But what is the differences between them?

Try printing them.

pawn Код:

printf("%d",MAX_PLAYER_NAME);
printf("%d",sizeof(name));

Though i would recommend using an stock that returns the player name.. like this:

pawn Код:

stock GetPlayerNameEx(playerid)
{
     new pName[MAX_PLAYER_NAME];
     GetPlayerName(playerid, pName, sizeof(pName)); 
     return pName;
}

[zack3021]

Oh ok but what effect does the sizeof() have on it?

[Grim_]

None really, however it would be faster to just use the MAX_PLAYER_NAME definition since functions take longer to execute then simply reading numbers. For example,

pawn Код:

new pName[ MAX_PLAYER_NAME ];
GetPlayerName( playerid, pName, sizeof( pName ) );
// This is basically telling the compiler:
GetPlayerName( playerid, pName, sizeof( 24 ) );

Basically, making it run an extra function to do the same thing. So you are better off writing your code like so:

pawn Код:

PlayerName( playerid )
{
   new pName[ MAX_PLAYER_NAME ];
   GetPlayerName( playerid, pName, MAX_PLAYER_NAME );
   return pName;
}