I want to ask how C the variables are stored in C?
To be more clear consider the following code:
int main() {
int a = 1, b;
b = a + 2;
return 0;
}
For example here in what memory C stores the names of variable places.
eg if &a=0x12A7
(suppose) &b=0x123B1
, then how and where does c stores the variable names like in which memory name a
is stored?
C doesn't store name of the variables. Its the compiler that stores the names of variables in compiler's symbol table.
This data structure is created and maintained by compiler.
An example of a symbol table for the snippet
// Declare an external function
extern double bar(double x);
// Define a public function
double foo(int count)
{
double sum = 0.0;
// Sum all the values bar(1) to bar(count)
for (int i = 1; i <= count; i++)
sum += bar((double) i);
return sum;
}
may contain at least the following symbol: