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Returns the size of a variable or type in bytes.

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	**Sizeof** ( //variable// | [[DataType|DataType]] )
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	The ##**Sizeof**## operator returns an ##[[KeyPgInteger|Integer]]## value: the number of bytes taken up by a ##//variable//## or ##[[DataType|DataType]]##.
	
	Different from ##[[KeyPgLen|Len]]##, when used with fixed-length strings (including fixed-length ##[[KeyPgZstring|Zstring]]##s and ##[[KeyPgWstring|Wstring]]##s) it will return the number of bytes they use, and when used with variable-length strings, it will return the size of the string descriptor.
	
	When a variable from a given namespace is accessed with the namespace's name prefix, wrap the argument to ##**Sizeof**## with parentheses to force it to be seen as an expression. For example ##Sizeof((namespace_name.variable))##.
	
	If there is both a user defined type and a variable visible with the same name in the current scope, the user defined type takes precedence over the variable.  To ensure that the ##**Sizeof**## takes the variable instead of the user defined type, wrap the argument to ##**Sizeof**## with parentheses to force it to be seen as an expression.  For example ##Sizeof((variable))##.
	
	Note: When used with arrays, ##**Sizeof**## returns the size of a single element of the array.  This differs from its behavior in C, where arrays could only be a fixed size, and ##sizeof()## would return the number of it used.
	For clarity, it is recommended that you avoid this potential confusion, and use ##**Sizeof**## directly on an array element or the array datatype doing ##**Sizeof**(//array//(//i//))## or ##**Sizeof**(//Typeof//(//array//))##, rather than the whole array doing ##**Sizeof**(//array//)##.
	
	Remark: When used with a dereferenced z/wstring pointer, ##**Sizeof**## always returns the number of bytes taken up by one z/wstring character.

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{{fbdoc item="filename" value="examples/manual/misc/sizeof.bas"}}%%(freebasic)
Print SizeOf(Byte) ' returns 1
%%
{{fbdoc item="filename" value="examples/manual/misc/sizeof-udt.bas"}}%%(freebasic)
Type bar
	a As Integer
	b As Double
End Type
Dim foo As bar
Print SizeOf(foo)
%%

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	- Not available in the //[[CompilerOptlang|-lang qb]]// dialect unless referenced with the alias ##**""__Sizeof""**##.

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	- New to ""FreeBASIC""

{{fbdoc item="see"}}
	- ##[[KeyPgLen|Len]]##

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