bites on a 32 bit computer

[pjh-10]

having trouble finding this anywhere, on a 32bit computer, how many bytes does it take to store ; long int, unsigned char,float, double
any help is much appreciated

[nullptr]

long int - 4 bytes
char/unsigned char - 1 byte
float - 4 bytes
double - 8 bytes

The same for x64.

[Suzie999]

This is a very simple question you might have easily looked up from a search engine
you might consider that next time ;)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s3f49ktz(v=vs.71).aspx

(edit) for the record the term is "Byte" as opposed to "Bite".
(edit2) it also might vary on how many bytes are actually used, depending on your compiler.

[deceptikon]

having trouble finding this anywhere, on a 32bit computer, how many bytes does it take to store ; long int, unsigned char,float, double

You're having trouble finding it because there's no absolute answer. Only char has a guaranteed size (it's always going to be 1), the rest are implementation dependent (though nullptr listed common sizes on a 32-bit implementation).

[vmanes]

Of course, on any given system (OS + compiler) on which you work, you can check the size of each data type with the sizeof( ) operator.

cout << sizeof( int );  //repeat for each type you're interested in.

The sizes that were given above are quite common. You'll most often find differences in the long double type.