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From: dhesi%cirrusl@oliveb.ATC.olivetti.com (Rahul Dhesi)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: sizeof() confusion
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Date: 8 Nov 90 17:28:50 GMT
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While we're on the subject of sizeof surprises, here is one that did
genuinely throw me off:

     main() {
        char c;
        c = 'c';     /* char variable holds char value */

        printf("sizeof c       = %d\n", sizeof c);
        printf("sizeof 'c'     = %d\n", sizeof 'c');
        printf("sizeof (char)  = %d\n", sizeof (char));
     }

Non-C wizards should try to guess what the program will print before
they run the program.
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Rahul Dhesi <dhesi%cirrusl@oliveb.ATC.olivetti.com>
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