Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/10/16/12:59:55
From: | Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl AT earthlink DOT net>
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Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject: | Re: How big is a SHORT?
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Date: | Sat, 16 Oct 1999 12:32:02 -0400
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Hammy wrote:
>
> so, how many bits is it?
> most books say it it the same as an int, but when I make a structures using
> int and shorts, they give different results?
#include <stdio.h>
#include <limits.h>
int main(void)
{
printf("A short is %lu bits wides.\n",
(unsigned long)CHAR_BIT*sizeof(short));
return 0;
}
Note that both CHAR_BIT, the number of bits in a byte or char, and
sizeof(short), the size of a short in bytes, or specific to the
implementation.
Your "most books" are wrong.
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Martin Ambuhl mambuhl AT earthlink DOT net
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