How to find number of bytes taken by python variable

Question

Is there anyway i can know how much bytes taken by particular variable in python. E.g; lets say i have

int = 12 print (type(int)) 

it will print

<class 'int'>  

But i wanted to know how many bytes it has taken on memory? is it possible?

Answer 1

You can find the functionality you are looking for here (in sys.getsizeof - Python 2.6 and up).

Also: don't shadow the int builtin!

import sys myint = 12 print(sys.getsizeof(myint))