size_t(3)                  Linux Programmer's Manual                 size_t(3)



NAME
       size_t - size type

SYNOPSIS
       #include <stddef.h>

       typedef ... size_t;

DESCRIPTION
       size_t  is  an  unsigned  integral  type, and is the result type of the
       sizeof operator.

   Conversions
       In printf(3) and scanf(3), the z length modifier is used to  specify  a
       size_t argument (C99).

   Range
       size_t can represent values in at least [0, 65535] (C99).

       In <stdint.h>, the maximum value is given as SIZE_MAX (C99).

NOTES
       size_t  is also defined in <stdio.h>, <stdlib.h>, <string.h>, <time.h>,
       <wchar.h> and <sys/types.h>.

CONFORMING TO
       ISO/IEC 9899

SEE ALSO
       ssize_t(3), ptrdiff_t(3)



                                  2005-02-03                         size_t(3)