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Measuring Memory with sizeof
The sizeof operator returns the size of a variable or data type in bytes, which is essential for memory management.
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double price = 19.99;size_t size = sizeof(price);
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sizeof(price)
Calculates the number of bytes occupied by the variable 'price'.
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size_t
An unsigned integer type used to represent the size of objects.