How is the array stored in memory?

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An array stores its elements in contiguous memory locations.
If You created the array locally it will be on stack. Where the elements are stored depends on the storage specification.
For Example:
An array declared globally or statically would have different storage specification from an array declared locally. Technically, the where part is implementation defined but usually implementations would use similar usage patterns.

  • A local array will be (usually) created on stack while
  • A global or static array will be (usually) created on bss/data segments and
  • A dynamically created array will be created on heap.

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