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Strings
17.
If the size of pointer is 32 bits What will be the output of the program ? 
#include<stdio.h>

int main()
{
    char a[] = "Visual C++";
    char *b = "Visual C++";
    printf("%d, %d\n", sizeof(a), sizeof(b));
    printf("%d, %d", sizeof(*a), sizeof(*b));
    return 0;
}
10, 2
2, 2
10, 4
1, 2
11, 4
1, 1
12, 2
2, 2
Answer: Option
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Discussion:
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Pranay airan said:   2 decades ago
Char a[] has 10 letters and 1 escape character /0 so size of will give 11, size of pointer is 32 bit = 4 byte (1 byte = 8 bits), *a points to char V so sizeof(V) = 1 similarly *b also points to V.
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