Category 

Operators, Keyword extensions 

Syntax  

alignof(type);

Description 

The alignof operator tells you the alignment of a type. This feature is one of the C++0x features added to C++Builder 2009.  

The result is an integer constant of type std::size_t. The value indicates the boundaries on which elements of that type are aligned in memory. An alignment of 2 means that the type must begin on even memory addresses, for instance. A typical value for alignof(double) might be 8. 

Applying alignof to a reference type yields the alignment of the referenced type. If you apply alignof to an array type, you get the alignment of its element's type.