@Sagar Memory sizes of long double variables are compiler and system configuration dependent. So obviously, in accordance with your compiler, the size of long double is 8 bytes.
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 1:22 AM, Nikhil Gupta <nikhilgupta2...@gmail.com>wrote: > @Aditya > > Here is the padding effect : > > Address of char : starts anywhere > Address of long double : starts at 11 address locations from char variable > --> 1+11+12=24 bytes > > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 1:10 AM, sagar pareek <sagarpar...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> @aditya >> actually first see your post, you have written o/p=24 accordingly padding >> done is perfect. But actually its printing 16. >> So now question arises of padding >> >> and its pareek not prateek :) >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 12:38 AM, aditya kumar < >> aditya.kumar130...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> @prateek . can you explain me ?? i dint get padding logic in this example >>> of mine. >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 12:30 AM, sagar pareek <sagarpar...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> sizeof long double is 12. So padding concept is perfectly working >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 12:26 AM, aditya kumar < >>>> aditya.kumar130...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> struct st >>>>> { >>>>> char ch1; >>>>> long double ld; >>>>> }s; >>>>> printf("%d",sizeof(s)); >>>>> //output : 24 (for 32-bit compiler) >>>>> ->as i have mentioned above the behaviour is undefined in case of >>>>> sizeof (struct) >>>>> can any one explain me why the padding concept does not work here ?? >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 12:13 AM, Parthiban <jega...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> @Abhi: >>>>>> Answers: >>>>>> 1. whenever a 'const' qualifier is added previously to a variable >>>>>> declaration it means that the value of the variable is automatically >>>>>> initialized to '0'(because of the 'auto' type of the const variable) and >>>>>> cannot be changed in any of the following assignment statements to the >>>>>> const >>>>>> variable. >>>>>> >>>>>> 2. >>>>>> Here for the structure struct s1 since the entire structure is ending >>>>>> within 8 bytes no padding is done which means >>>>>> s1: [char a] >>>>>> 1byte >>>>>> but for the structure struct s2 consider the following: >>>>>> s2: [ char a >>>>>> 1byte >>>>>> ------ int a------- >>>>>> ------4bytes----] >>>>>> so here the concept of padding comes to make all the variable aligned >>>>>> in even boundaries and so the structure after aligning will look as: >>>>>> s2: [ ------ char b---- >>>>>> ------4byte----- >>>>>> ------ int a------- >>>>>> ------4bytes----] >>>>>> >>>>>> so the size of strcut s2 will be 8bytes.......... >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. >>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/algogeeks/-/FoHpgvrjnm0J. >>>>>> >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> **Regards >>>> SAGAR PAREEK >>>> COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING >>>> NIT ALLAHABAD >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> **Regards >> SAGAR PAREEK >> COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING >> NIT ALLAHABAD >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Nikhil Gupta > Senior Co-ordinator, Publicity > CSI, NSIT Students' Branch > NSIT, New Delhi, India > > -- Nikhil Gupta Senior Co-ordinator, Publicity CSI, NSIT Students' Branch NSIT, New Delhi, India -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. 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