Will a uint8_t array be terminated by null similar to a char array?

Question

I am working on a project where the function will receive a pointer to a uint8_t array. I am to compare the contents of this with that of a pointer to unsigned char data buffer whose size is not known. I was hoping to use string based functions for the comparison.

Hence the doubt has arisen.

Answer 1

Yes. Consider:

char    *str1    = "hello";
uint8_t  str2[6] = "hello";
int8_t  *str3    = "hello";

int result1 = strcmp(str1, (char*)str2);
int result2 = strcmp(str1, (char*)str3);

Both result1 and result2 are 0, i.e., all the strings are equivalent.