注意，各种类型的存储大小与系统位数有关，但目前通用的以64位系统为主。
以下列出了32位系统与64位系统的存储大小的差别（windows 相同）：
从上表可得知，变量的大小会根据编译器和所使用的电脑而有所不同。
下面实例会输出您电脑上各种数据类型的大小。
实例
#include<iostream> #include<limits>usingnamespacestd; intmain() { cout << "type: \t\t" << "************size**************"<< endl; cout << "bool: \t\t" << "所占字节数：" << sizeof(bool); cout << "\t最大值：" << (numeric_limits<bool>::max)(); cout << "\t\t最小值：" << (numeric_limits<bool>::min)() << endl; cout << "char: \t\t" << "所占字节数：" << sizeof(char); cout << "\t最大值：" << (numeric_limits<char>::max)(); cout << "\t\t最小值：" << (numeric_limits<char>::min)() << endl; cout << "signed char: \t" << "所占字节数：" << sizeof(signedchar); cout << "\t最大值：" << (numeric_limits<signedchar>::max)(); cout << "\t\t最小值：" << (numeric_limits<signedchar>::min)() << endl; cout << "unsigned char: \t" << "所占字节数：" << sizeof(unsignedchar); cout << "\t最大值：" << (numeric_limits<unsignedchar>::max)(); cout << "\t\t最小值：" << (numeric_limits<unsignedchar>::min)() << endl; cout << "wchar_t: \t" << "所占字节数：" << sizeof(wchar_t); cout << "\t最大值：" << (numeric_limits<wchar_t>::max)(); cout << "\t\t最小值：" << (numeric_limits<wchar_t>::min)() << endl; cout << "short: \t\t" << "所占字节数：" << sizeof(short); cout << "\t最大值：" << (numeric_limits<short>::max)(); cout << "\t\t最小值：" << (numeric_limits<short>::min)() << endl; cout << "int: \t\t" << "所占字节数：" << sizeof(int); cout << "\t最大值：" << (numeric_limits<int>::max)(); cout << "\t最小值：" << (numeric_limits<int>::min)() << endl; cout << "unsigned: \t" << "所占字节数：" << sizeof(unsigned); cout << "\t最大值：" << (numeric_limits<unsigned>::max)(); cout << "\t最小值：" << (numeric_limits<unsigned>::min)() << endl; cout << "long: \t\t" << "所占字节数：" << sizeof(long); cout << "\t最大值：" << (numeric_limits<long>::max)(); cout << "\t最小值：" << (numeric_limits<long>::min)() << endl; cout << "unsigned long: \t" << "所占字节数：" << sizeof(unsignedlong); cout << "\t最大值：" << (numeric_limits<unsignedlong>::max)(); cout << "\t最小值：" << (numeric_limits<unsignedlong>::min)() << endl; cout << "double: \t" << "所占字节数：" << sizeof(double); cout << "\t最大值：" << (numeric_limits<double>::max)(); cout << "\t最小值：" << (numeric_limits<double>::min)() << endl; cout << "long double: \t" << "所占字节数：" << sizeof(longdouble); cout << "\t最大值：" << (numeric_limits<longdouble>::max)(); cout << "\t最小值：" << (numeric_limits<longdouble>::min)() << endl; cout << "float: \t\t" << "所占字节数：" << sizeof(float); cout << "\t最大值：" << (numeric_limits<float>::max)(); cout << "\t最小值：" << (numeric_limits<float>::min)() << endl; cout << "size_t: \t" << "所占字节数：" << sizeof(size_t); cout << "\t最大值：" << (numeric_limits<size_t>::max)(); cout << "\t最小值：" << (numeric_limits<size_t>::min)() << endl; cout << "string: \t" << "所占字节数：" << sizeof(string) << endl; // << "\t最大值：" << (numeric_limits<string>::max)() << "\t最小值：" << (numeric_limits<string>::min)() << endl; cout << "type: \t\t" << "************size**************"<< endl; return0; }
