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Short answer:

About 9‑10 kB of storage (≈ 9600 bytes).




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Why?


The string contains only ASCII/UTF‑8 characters (`a`–`z`, `
`).

In UTF‑8 or plain ASCII each character occupies 1 byte.




Component Length (chars) Bytes


Letters 100 100


Newlines 99 99


Total 199 199 bytes


However, the string is not just a raw sequence of characters.

In many programming languages it is represented as an object that stores:





Length/Size field – tells how many bytes are in the buffer (e.g., 4 or 8 bytes).


Reference count / metadata – for garbage collection or reference counting.


Possible alignment padding – to keep data aligned on natural boundaries.



Typical implementations add a few dozen bytes of overhead:



Length field: ~4 bytes


Reference counter: ~4 bytes


Alignment padding: up to 8 bytes



So the overall memory consumption becomes roughly

`raw_bytes (≈ 400) + overhead (~60–80) ≈ 460–480 bytes`.



In short: The actual number of bytes stored in a string variable is close to the raw character count, but most programming environments add additional metadata and alignment padding. That’s why an `N`‑character string often occupies more than just `N` bytes of memory.

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