Size

In order to determine the size of UDT in memory, always use dedicated functions.

SizeOf will tell you how much memory is occupied by UDT. You can use it both with UDT or UDT variable:

msgBox SizeOf(Point2D)

DIM point AS Point2D

msgBox SizeOf(point)

Both of these will return 8 in this case, because UDT has two single precision members, each occupying 4 bytes.

How can you get this detailed information for members? Use SizeOf directly on them:

msgBox strFormat$("Size of .x is: {1} bytes, .y {2} bytes",
                  SizeOf(point.x),
                  SizeOf(point.y))

Note: dynamic STRING always occupies 4 bytes in UDT, because it is internally represented via a pointer.