@Nikhil why is Address of long double : starts at 11 address locations from char variable ?? is shud start from 3rd adress location from char variable bcoz memory cycle involves a word so are you padding 11bytes ??
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 1:24 AM, Nikhil Gupta <nikhilgupta2...@gmail.com>wrote: > @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. > 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. 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