Size of a Variable

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The sizeof() operator is the most frequently used operator in C. It is a unary operator that is used to compute the size of its operand at compile time. It returns the variable’s size. It can be used to any data type, including float and pointer variables.

Size of a Variable

The size of a variable is entirely determined by the variable’s data type. If a variable is of the data type int, its size will be 2 or 4 bytes ( Because the size of int is 2 or 4 bytes).

Program:

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
 {
     int x = 10;
     char c;
     printf("Size of variable x = %ld bytes\n",sizeof(x));
     printf("Size of variable c = %ld byte\n",sizeof(c));
     return 0;
 }

Output:

Size of variable x = 4 bytes
Size of variable c = 1 byte

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