Take a look at http://stackoverflow.com/q/8702511/759916.
On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Ernest Galbrun < [email protected]> wrote: > It is more liquely a wchar_t (wide character) which is the default > value for a litteral char. It is 32 bits large with gcc (it is > compiler-dependent). > -- > *Ernest Galbrun* > > > > On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 10:26, Carlos Guia <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I guess the compiler treats 'a' as an integral constant and ends up using >> int to represent it. >> >> Carlos Guía >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 2:51 AM, Shoubhik <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> #include<stdio.h> >>> >>> int main() >>> { >>> >>> char ch; >>> fflush(stdin); >>> ch=getchar(); >>> printf("ch= %d a=%d char=%d", >>> sizeof(ch),sizeof('a'),sizeof(char)); >>> >>> >>> } >>> >>> I type in 'a' (without quotes) as input , and the output I got in my >>> ***gcc version 4.5.1*** is : >>> >>> ch= 1 a=4 char=1 >>> >>> My question is : >>> >>> If sizeof(c) is 1 , then how can sizeof('a') be 4 ? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Google Code Jam" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google Code Jam" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Code Jam" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. > -- Find me on Twitter @obounaim <https://www.twitter.com/obounaim>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Code Jam" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en.
