#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main ()
{
  int i,n;
  char *  buffer;
  int stala;
        stala = 5;
  printf ("How long do you want the string? ");
  scanf ("%d", &i);

  buffer = (char*) malloc( 5 * sizeof( char));
  if (buffer==NULL) exit (1);

  for (n=0; n<i; n++)
    buffer[n]=rand()%26+'a';
  buffer[i]='\0';
        int x, y ;
        x = sizeof(buffer);
        y = sizeof(*buffer);
        printf("\n buffer = %d   ||    *buffer = %d", x, y);

  printf ("Random string: %s\n",buffer);
printf("\n %d \n", sizeof(*buffer));
printf("\n %d \n", sizeof(buffer));

 free (buffer);

  return 0;
}
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