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    DWORD size in VS

    in visual studio when moving mouse over a DWORD variable, it shows 5 bytes. I expected to see 4 bytes. Not sure why i see extra byte there?. sizeof(DWORD) shows 4 bytes. this happens in x64 , do not remember if looked at it in 32 bit mode as well?.

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    Re: DWORD size in VS

    Quote Originally Posted by @EE@ View Post
    a DWORD variable, it shows 5 bytes
    Maybe the variable is a DWORD array. In that case, the 5 you see could denote the array size (rather than the DWORD size.)

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    Re: DWORD size in VS

    Quote Originally Posted by @EE@ View Post
    in visual studio when moving mouse over a DWORD variable, it shows 5 bytes. I expected to see 4 bytes. Not sure why i see extra byte there?. sizeof(DWORD) shows 4 bytes. this happens in x64 , do not remember if looked at it in 32 bit mode as well?.
    Where do you see the DWOORD size?
    Attachment 36057
    Attachment 36058
    I don't see any size info here. VS 2022 17.2.6. It is shown the same info for both x86 and x64
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    Re: DWORD size in VS

    DWORD is unsigned 32-bit - irrespective of 32/64 bit. When you hover the mouse over a DWORD type, intellisense shows a typedef (as per Victor's 36058 above).

    If you're seeing a number when hovering over a variable, then that is an array and you're seeing the array size.

    Post your code so that we can see what's going on.
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    Re: DWORD size in VS

    DWORD dw;
    dw = CalcAvgOfArray(...)
    when I move mouse over the dw in debug mode i see dw like 3465238465. this is 5 bytes not 4 bytes.
    cout << sizeof(DWORD); shows 4.
    can't open Victor's attachments.
    Last edited by @EE@; August 21st, 2022 at 09:31 PM.

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    Re: DWORD size in VS

    3465238465 is 0xCE8B57C1 which is 4 bytes - 32 bits!
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    Re: DWORD size in VS

    missed that.
    thanks.

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