size of character array and size of character pointer
sizeof
an array is the size of the total array, in the case of "bobby", it's 5 characters and one trailing \0
which equals 6.
sizeof
a pointer is the size of the pointer, which is normally 4 bytes in 32-bit machine and 8 bytes in 64-bit machine.
firstname
is a char
array carrying a trailing 0
-terminator. lastname
is a pointer. On a 64bit system pointers are 8 byte wide.
The size of your first array is the size of bobby\0
. \0
is the terminator character, so it is 6.
The second size is the size of a pointer, which is 8 byte in your 64bit system. Its size doesn't depends on the assigned string's length.