Question

How to get the number of bytes of a variable in Python

Answer 1

import sys

s = "a"
# Get the size in bytes
size_in_bytes = sys.getsizeof(s)
print(f"The variable occupies {size_in_bytes} bytes.")

n = 14
# Get the size in bytes
size_in_bytes = sys.getsizeof(n)
print(f"The variable occupies {size_in_bytes} bytes.")



'''
run:

The variable occupies 42 bytes.
The variable occupies 28 bytes.

'''

 

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