Where Are Static Variables Stored in C and C++

Where are static variables stored in C and C++?

Where your statics go depends on whether they are zero-initialized. zero-initialized static data goes in .BSS (Block Started by Symbol), non-zero-initialized data goes in .DATA

Where the static variables are stored? [duplicate]

Static variables are stored in Datasegment in the memory. Thier life time is till the program terminates. but their scope is local to the function in which they are declared. if declared global then their scope is limited to the file in which they are declared.

Where do static local variables go

Static variables go into the same segment as global variables. The only thing that's different between the two is that the compiler "hides" all static variables from the linker: only the names of extern (global) variables get exposed. That is how compilers allow static variables with the same name to exist in different translation units. Names of static variables remain known during the compilation phase, but then their data is placed into the .data segment anonymously.

Where in memory are my variables stored in C?

You got some of these right, but whoever wrote the questions tricked you on at least one question:

• global variables -------> data (correct)
• static variables -------> data (correct)
• constant data types -----> code and/or data. Consider string literals for a situation when a constant itself would be stored in the data segment, and references to it would be embedded in the code
• local variables(declared and defined in functions) --------> stack (correct)
• variables declared and defined in main function -----> heap also stack (the teacher was trying to trick you)
• pointers(ex: char *arr, int *arr) -------> heap data or stack, depending on the context. C lets you declare a global or a static pointer, in which case the pointer itself would end up in the data segment.
• dynamically allocated space(using malloc, calloc, realloc) --------> stack heap

It is worth mentioning that "stack" is officially called "automatic storage class".

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