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What is the value of sizeof('x') and type of character literals in C++?

In C programming language, the type character literals was int so there was no difference between sizeof('x') and sizeof(10). Hence, C language considers character literal as integer (ASCII of the character).

Example

Let's consider the following example

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
	printf("%d,%d\n",sizeof('x'),sizeof(10));
	return 0;
}

    4,4

The output will be 4,4 (On 32 bits system architecture)

Type of character literal in C++

In C++ programming language, the type of character literal is changed from int to char. That means sizeof('x') and sizeof(10) is different.

Example

Let's consider the following example

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	cout<<sizeof('x')<<","<<sizeof(10)<<endl;
	return 0;
}

    1,4

The output will be 1,4 (On 32 bits system architecture)

What's the difference?

In C programming language character literal is integer type so sizeof('x') will be 4, and in C++ programming language character literal is character type so sizeof('x') will be 1.