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What is the appropriate arithmetic type for a pointer?

In my code I have two char pointer, one to a string and the other as an error indicator for strtoumax() and strtod(). I am currently using the type size_t (aka unsigned long) to calculate the difference between them. Is there any type designed to specifically match pointer type size on every machine? Or do I have to check it myself with macros?

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For pointer difference use ptrdiff_t. If you’re just trying to store a pointer as an integer, use uintptr_t (or intptr_t).

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