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Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 00:14:24 +0200
From: Iani Brankov <ian@bulinfo.net>
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To: Mark Turpin <mturpin@saturn.spel.com>
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Subject: Re: Programming Question
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Mark Turpin wrote:
> 
> I feel really silly having to ask this.
> 
> Why does my sizeof(mystruct) come out as 4 instead of 3 ( short + char ) ?
> 
>         struct {
>            short        shortvariable;
>            char         charvariable;
>         } mystruct;
> 
>         sizeof(mystruct) == 4

Try finding the addresses of the structure members. As I know the compiler
aligns every variable at even address. Maybe that's the reason.

--iani


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