Size of Data Types in C/C++

Created Thursday 05 May 2016


Data Type Memory Used (Bytes)
bool 1
char 1
short 2
int 4
float 4
double 8


For 32-bit systems, the 'de facto' standard is ILP32 — that is, int, long and pointer are all 32-bit quantities.

For 64-bit systems, the primary Unix 'de facto' standard is LP64 — long and pointer are 64-bit (but int is 32-bit). The Windows 64-bit standard is LLP64 — long long and pointer are 64-bit (but long and int are both 32-bit).



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