How will you show memory representation of C variables?

Write a C program to show memory representation of C variables like int, float, pointer, etc. 
Algorithm:
Get the address and size of the variable. Typecast the address to char pointer. Now loop for size of the variable and print the value at the typecasted pointer.

Program:

c

#include <stdio.h>
typedef unsigned char *byte_pointer;

/*show bytes takes byte pointer as an argument
  and prints memory contents from byte_pointer
  to byte_pointer + len */
void show_bytes(byte_pointer start, int len)
{
     int i;
     for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
           printf(" %.2x", start[i]);
     printf("\n");
}

void show_int(int x)
{
     show_bytes((byte_pointer) &x, sizeof(int));
}

void show_float(float x)
{
     show_bytes((byte_pointer) &x, sizeof(float));
}

void show_pointer(void *x)
{
     show_bytes((byte_pointer) &x, sizeof(void *));
}

/* Driver program to test above functions */
int main()
{
    int i = 1;
    float f = 1.0;
    int *p = &i;
    show_float(f);
    show_int(i);
    show_pointer(p);
    show_int(i);
    getchar();
    return 0;
}

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