From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: # bits in int,char, long, shrttt
Date:	Wed, 30 Apr 1997 19:28:11 +0000
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Brett J. Wiesner wrote:
> 
> could someone tell me how many bits there are in each of these:
> int
> long
> char
> short
> long long
> 
> under djgpp of course. im using a pentium if it matters.

How about this:  write a program that prints the size of all the types:

#include <stdio.h>

int main( void )
{
    printf( "char = %lu\n", sizeof(char) );
    printf( "short = %lu\n", sizeof(short) );
    /* etc. */
    return 0;
}

I did exactly that when I wanted to test the type sizes under djgpp. 
The great thing about such a program is that it can be reused with any
compiler.

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