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comp.lang.c FAQ list · Question 7.3c

Q: How much memory does a pointer variable allocate?


A: That's a pretty misleading question. When you declare a pointer variable, as in

	char *p;
you (or, more properly, the compiler) have allocated only enough memory to hold the pointer itself; that is, in this case you have allocated sizeof(char *) bytes of memory. But you have not yet allocated any memory for the pointer to point to. See also questions 7.1 and 7.2.


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