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What is size of a pointer in general in c/c++

28th Mar 2018, 3:12 PM
PRITAM CHAKRABORTY
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In a 16-bit byte-addressible computer, the main memory addresses are 16 bits in length. As pointer variables store memory addresses, they are 16 bits or 2 bytes in size.
28th Mar 2018, 3:58 PM
Monimoy Ghosh
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Do sizeof(ptr); and find out :)
28th Mar 2018, 3:22 PM
TurtleShell
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