Thread: how much memory structure take in code

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    how much memory structure take in code

    I am confused with structure size

    Code:
    #include <stdio.h> 
    struct point
    {
        int x;
        char y;
    }s1;
        
    int main()
    {
        s1.x = 20;
        s1.y ='A';
        
     printf("s1.x= %d \n", s1.x);
     printf("s1.y= %c \n", s1.y);
     
     printf("Size of Structure : %d \n", sizeof(s1));
     
        return 0;
    }
    s1.x= 20
    s1.y= A
    Size of Structure : 8

    one integer variable takes 4 bytes and one char variable takes 1 bytes so total size of structure should be 5 bytes but program gives 8 bytes
    so how much memory structure take in code ?
    Last edited by abhi143; 11-29-2019 at 07:28 PM.

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    size of structure is 12 bytes and size of structure member is 4 + 4 +1 = 9 but compiler allocate extra 3 bytes that's we call padding

    Code:
    #include <stdio.h> struct point
    {
        int x;
        int y;
        char z;
        
    }s1;
         
    int main()
    {
        s1.x = 20;
        s1.y =10;
        s1.z = 'a';
         
     printf("s1.x= %d \n", s1.x);
     printf("s1.y= %d \n", s1.y);
     printf("s1.z= %c \n", s1.z);
      
     printf("Size of struct: %d \n", sizeof(struct point)); 
     printf("Size of x: %d \n", sizeof(s1.x)); 
     printf("Size of y: %d \n", sizeof(s1.y)); 
     printf("Size of z: %d \n", sizeof(s1.z)); 
        return 0;
    }

    s1.x= 20
    s1.y= 10
    s1.z= a
    Size of struct: 12
    Size of x: 4
    Size of y: 4
    Size of z: 1
    Last edited by abhi143; 11-30-2019 at 12:37 AM.

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