sizeof(char pointer)

main()

{

    char *p;

    printf("%d %d ",sizeof(*p),sizeof(p));

}

Answer:

            1 2

Explanation:

The sizeof() operator gives the number of bytes taken by its operand. ‘*p’ is a character pointer, which needs one byte for storing its value (a character). Hence sizeof(*p) gives a value of 1. Since ‘p’ needs two bytes to store the address of the character pointer sizeof(p) gives 2.

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