I read in K&R page 204 that sizeof use on a char returns 1. But when I write
the following I get 4!
int main(void){
printf("%d\n",s izeof('g'));
}
Was it not supposed to return 1?
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"JS" <dsa.@asdf.co m> writes: I read in K&R page 204 that sizeof use on a char returns 1. But when I write
the following I get 4!
printf("%d\n",s izeof('g'));
In C, character constants have type `int', so sizeof 'g' is equal
to sizeof(int).
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news:87******** ****@benpfaff.o rg... "JS" <dsa.@asdf.co m> writes:
I read in K&R page 204 that sizeof use on a char returns 1. But when I
write the following I get 4!
printf("%d\n",s izeof('g'));
In C, character constants have type `int', so sizeof 'g' is equal
to sizeof(int).
Why do they write char if they mean int?
"JS" <dsa.@asdf.co m> wrote in message news:d1******** **@news.net.uni-c.dk... I read in K&R page 204 that sizeof use on a char returns 1. But when I
write the following I get 4!
int main(void){
printf("%d\n",s izeof('g'));
}
Was it not supposed to return 1?
No, a character in single quotes, as in 'g', is a constant of type signed
int in C (I think this is different in C++).
Try:
int main(void) {
char c;
printf("%d\n", (int)sizeof c);
return 0;
}
Alex
JS <dsa.@asdf.co m> scribbled the following: "Ben Pfaff" <bl*@cs.stanfor d.edu> skrev i en meddelelse
news:87******** ****@benpfaff.o rg... "JS" <dsa.@asdf.co m> writes: > I read in K&R page 204 that sizeof use on a char returns 1. But when I write > the following I get 4!
>
> printf("%d\n",s izeof('g'));
In C, character constants have type `int', so sizeof 'g' is equal
to sizeof(int).
Why do they write char if they mean int?
They don't. sizeof(char) is 1, but sizeof('g') is sizeof(int), which is
4 on your platform. 'g' is not a char. It's an int. Like Ben Pfaff
said, character constants are ints, not chars.
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JS wrote: I read in K&R page 204 that sizeof use on a char returns 1. But when I write
the following I get 4!
int main(void){
printf("%d\n",s izeof('g'));
}
Was it not supposed to return 1?
You have stumbled upon a difference between C and C++.
In C, literal 'g' is an int, while in C++ literal 'g' is a char.
Here are the C and C++ forms of the code, with the output of each.
#include <stdio.h>
#define COMPILER "<your compiler here> (C)"
int main(void)
{
printf(COMPILER " %d\n", (int) sizeof 'g');
return 0;
}
#include <cstdio>
using namespace std;
#define COMPILER "<your compiler here> (C++)"
int main(void)
{
printf(COMPILER " %d\n", (int) sizeof 'g');
return 0;
}
[outputs]
gcc (C) 4
bcc (C) 4
gcc (C++) 1
bcc (C++) 1
"JS" <dsa.@asdf.co m> writes: "Ben Pfaff" <bl*@cs.stanfor d.edu> skrev i en meddelelse
news:87******** ****@benpfaff.o rg... "JS" <dsa.@asdf.co m> writes:
> I read in K&R page 204 that sizeof use on a char returns 1. But when I write > the following I get 4!
>
> printf("%d\n",s izeof('g'));
In C, character constants have type `int', so sizeof 'g' is equal
to sizeof(int).
Why do they write char if they mean int?
When do K&R do that?
--
Ben Pfaff
email: bl*@cs.stanford .edu
web: http://benpfaff.org
"JS" <dsa.@asdf.co m> writes: I read in K&R page 204 that sizeof use on a char returns 1. But when I write
the following I get 4!
int main(void){
printf("%d\n",s izeof('g'));
}
Was it not supposed to return 1?
Contrary to what you might expect, a character constant such as 'g'
is an int value. So sizeof('g') == sizeof(int).
If you do sizeof( (char)'g' ) you should get 1.
Alex Fraser wrote: No, a character in single quotes, as in 'g', is a constant of type signed
int in C (I think this is different in C++).
Try:
int main(void) {
char c;
printf("%d\n", (int)sizeof c);
Don't you mean:
printf("%u\n", sizeof c);
return 0;
}
Alex
Ben Pfaff <bl*@cs.stanfor d.edu> spoke thus: In C, character constants have type `int', so sizeof 'g' is equal
to sizeof(int).
(semi OT) Why did the authors of the standard make this arguably
non-intuitive stipulation?
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