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What's the size of -9(4).99

 
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prabhucs01

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:44 am    Post subject: What's the size of -9(4).99
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how much size this this variable take

-9(4).99

whether is it 6 or 8 ? And how?
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radhakrishnan82

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:46 pm    Post subject:
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Total Size occupied will be 8 bytes.

'-' and '.' occupies 1 byte each explicitly.

If we use s9(4)v99 then - and . will be assumed implicitly and occupies 6 bytes.

do let me know if you have concerns over it.
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learnmf

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 6:04 pm    Post subject:
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Hi friend
It will occupy 8 bytes as - and . both are editing characters.

Thanks
Chandra
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