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The <code>sizeof</code> operator yields the size of a type in bytes, where a byte is defined to be the size of a <code>char</code>. So <code>sizeof(char)</code> is always 1 by definition, regardless of how many bits <code>char</code> has on a given platform.

This applies to both C and C++.

<hr>

From the C11 standard, 6.5.3.4

<blockquote>
 <ol start="2">
 <li>The <code>sizeof</code> operator yields the size (in bytes) of its operand, which may be an expression or the parenthesized name of a type. The size is determined from the type of the operand....
 </li>
 </ol>
</blockquote>

Then,

<blockquote>
 <ol start="4">
 <li>When <code>sizeof</code> is applied to an operand that has type <code>char</code>, <code>unsigned char</code>, or <code>signed char</code>, (or a qualified version thereof) the result is 1.</li>
 </ol>
</blockquote>

From the C++11 standard, 5.3.3

<blockquote>
 <ol>
 <li>The <code>sizeof</code> operator yields the number of bytes in the object representation of its operand. The operand is either an expression, which is an unevaluated operand (Clause 5), or a parenthesized type-id.... ... <code>sizeof(char)</code>, <code>sizeof(signed char)</code> and <code>sizeof(unsigned char)</code> are 1.</li>
 </ol>
</blockquote>

(emphasis mine)

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You're just confused with the difference between bytes and octets.

A byte is the size of one character. This yields to the always true <code>sizeof(char) == 1</code>, because <code>sizeof</code> return the size in bytes

While an octet consists out of 8 bits.

On almost all modern platforms, the size of a byte is coincidentally the same as of an octet. That's the reason why it's a common error to mix them up, even book authors and professors are doing this.

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<code>sizeof(x)</code> is returning the size of <code>x</code> expressed in units of size of <code>char</code>.

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There are no machines where sizeof(char) is 4. It's always 1 byte. That byte might contain 32 bits, but as far as the C compiler is concerned, it's one byte.

The correct name for "8 bits" is octet. The C Standard uses the word "byte" for an object that is the size of a char. Others may use the word "byte" in different ways, often when they mean "octet", but in C (and C++, or Objective-C) it means "object the size of a char". A char may be more than 8 bits, or more than one octet, but it's always one byte.

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The question should have been -- Suppose in a hypothetical machine, the <code>word size(size of registers)</code> is 32 bits. What would sizeof(char) return?

And answer will be <code>1 byte</code>.

<blockquote>
 In computing, word is a term for the natural unit of data used by a
 particular processor design. A word is a fixed-sized piece of data
 handled as a unit by the instruction set or the hardware of the
 processor. The number of bits in a word (the word size, word width, or
 word length) is an important characteristic of any specific processor
 design or computer architecture. -- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_%28computer_architecture%29" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_%28computer_architecture%29</a>
</blockquote>

In you case <code>word-size</code> will be 32 bits. Also

<blockquote>
 Historically, the byte was the number of bits used to encode a single
 character of text in a computer and for this reason it is the smallest
 addressable unit of memory in many computer architectures. -- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte</a>
</blockquote>

1 byte is smallest addressable unit of memory, it cat be 8 bit , 9 bits or 16 bits anything that hardware spec chooses.

As far as <code>sizeof</code> is concerned it first determines the type of argument, eventually computes the size in bytes. So, following two C++ statements will produce same result.

<pre><code> int n;
 std::cout&lt;&lt;sizeof(int);
 std::cout&lt;&lt;sizeof(n);
</code></pre>

I was learning C++ and come across the following question. I'm just a beginner and I got confused. Isn't sizeof() function supposed to return the size of the datatype? Why could a data object has different size from its sizeof()? I don't understand the explanation of the answer. 

Suppose in a hypothetical machine, the size of char is 32 bits. What would sizeof(char) return?

a) 4

b) 1

c) Implementation dependent

d) Machine dependent

Answer:b

Explanation: The standard does NOT require a char to be 8-bits, but does require that sizeof(char) return 1.

The difference between size of datatype and sizeof(data type)

翻译质量差，导致语言生硬或混乱。

没有提供实际的解决方法或示例。

解答不清晰，无法理解或解决问题。

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我当时正在学习C++，并遇到了以下问题。我只是个初学者我很困惑。函数不是应该返回数据类型的大小吗？为什么数据对象的大小可以与其size Why ()不同？我不明白答案的解释。假设在一台假设的机器中，字符的大小是32位。多少(煤焦)还会有多少？( a) 4( b) 1c)取决于执行情况d)依赖于机器答:B说明:标准不要求一个字符为8位，但要求返回1的大小(字符)。

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