WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AUTO VARIABLE AND REGISTER VARIABLE IN C?

Storage class of all variables are auto by default unless we specify a variable is register or static or extern in C program.

• Both auto variable and register variable are local variables. Register variables are stored in register memory. Whereas, auto variables are stored in main CPU memory.
• Register variables will be accessed very faster than the normal/auto variables since they are stored in register memory rather than main memory.
• But, only limited variables can be used as register since register size is very low. (16 bits, 32 bits or 64 bits)