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how to create a new type with custom bytes in C?

Is it possible to create a new type in C that uses the amount of bytes that I decide? I know that an int takes 4 bytes, but I need to work with very small numbers so allocating 4 bytes with malloc for every int is a bit of a waste, i was thinking of creating a new type for numbers that takes only 1 byte...if it's possible

Solution

  • You can just use char instead of int

    Or, you can create structure, it is the most commonly used custom data type in C. For example:

    struct customStructure {
    char c;
};