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Posted by agreatdaytocode
agreatdaytocode
24,757 Points

Arrays, Length, and Size

I noticed a difference in my bytes size. In the video it shows 12, However my computer said 20! is this because I am running on a 64 bit system?

Here is what I had.

int main()
{
    float numbers[] = {11.11, 22,22, 33,33};
    printf("float %ld bytes\n", sizeof(float));
    printf("number %ld bytes\n", sizeof(numbers));
    printf("array length %ld bytes\n", sizeof(numbers)/sizeof(float));
    return 0;

}

Here is the output: 

float 4 bytes
number 20 bytes
array length 5 bytes

3 Answers

Amit Bijlani
STAFF
Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Amit Bijlani
Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest Teacher

That calculation is right. You have 5 numbers in your array {11.11, 22, 22, 33, 33}. I am assuming you meant to add a decimal but ended up separating them by a comma. 5 * 4 bytes = 20 bytes total

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

It might not necessarily be because of your 64 bit processor. Most of the times sizes of data types vary from compiler to compiler (or interpreter to interpreter I guess with java.). So it could be they are using a different version in the video than you are using.

agreatdaytocode
agreatdaytocode
24,757 Points
agreatdaytocode
agreatdaytocode
24,757 Points

LOL you are correct Amit good catch. Coding at 5am has it's drawbacks : )