data size

[harry]

actually, i think char data type in c is 1 byte (8bit)

"harry" <hartanto at telusplanet.net> wrote in message
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> if you put data into dictionary, how do we calculate the data size?
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> key:data
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> example:
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> dict = {"key1":1,2,3,4; "key2": "hello", [1,2,3]}
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> how much is the data structure will cost? how to calculate it?
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> if in c++ : char array1[8] will cost 8 x 8 bytes = 64 bytes
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