Hi
1) Please go through the following code :

char string2[12];
char string1[6];
main()
{
memcpy(string2,"SENDER ",12);
strcpy(string1,"******");
printf("%s\n%s\n",string1,string2);
}

2) and the output of size command for the executable is :

1904 + 415 + 18 = 2337

3) and the output is as expected ( gdb output ):

Breakpoint 1, main () at test.c:5
5 memcpy(string2,"SENDER ",12);
2: string2 = '\000' <repeats 11 times>
1: string1 = "\000\000\000\000\000"
(gdb) s
6 strcpy(string1,"******");
2: string2 = "SENDER "
1: string1 = "\000\000\000\000\000"
(gdb) s
7 printf("%s\n%s\n",string1,string2);
2: string2 = "\000ENDER "
1: string1 = "******"
My question is in what order the global variables are stored in the memory.

For the above example, from the output of size command 18 is the total size of the global variables and when the strcpy statement is executed, it is overwriting the first character of string2 with NULL in order to terminate string1 with NULL.

So, how the variables got stored in memory?
1) Is string1 followed by string2?
2) Is string2 followed by string1?

Could anybody help in this regard
Thanks