Constant, variables, data types
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The document provides a detailed overview of constants, variables, and data types in the C programming language, explaining the different types of constants such as integer, real, single character, and string constants. It describes the nature and usage of variables, as well as the various data types including primary, derived, and user-defined types, alongside fundamental types like integer, character, and floating point. Additionally, it outlines specifics about integer ranges, storage classes, and the characteristics of floating-point types and void types.
Constant, variables, data types
- 1. Constant ,Variables & Data Types
- 2. Constant:- • Constant is C refer to fixed value that do not change during the execution of a program. C supports several types of constant. 1) Integer constants 2) Real constants 3) Single character constant 4) String constant
- 3. Integer constant:- • An integer constant refers to a sequence of digits. There are three types of integer ,namely ,decimal integer ,octal integer ,hexadecimal integer. • Decimal integer consist of a set of digit, 0 through 9, preceded by an optional – or + sign. Examples:- 123,-321,0,654321,+78 • Embedded spaces, commas, and non-digit character are not permitted between digits. For examples:-15750,20000,$1000 • A sequence of digits preceded by 0x or oX is considered as hexadecimal integer. They may also include alphabets A through f. the letter A through F represent the numbers 10 through 15. Examples:-0X2 ,0x9F ,0Xbcd ,0x • We rarely use octal and hexadecimal numbers in programing. • The largest integer value that can be stored in machine-dependent. It is 32767 on 16-bit machines and 2,147,483,647 on 32 bit- machines.
- 4. Real constants:- • Integer number are inadequate quantities that vary continuously, such as distances, heights, temperature, prices, and so on. These quantities are represented by numbers containing fractional parts like 17.548. such numbers are called real constants. • These numbers are shown in decimal notation, having a whole number followed by a decimal point and the fractional part. • A real number may also be expressed in exponential notation. For example, the value 215.65 may be written as 2.165e2 in exponential notation. e2 means multiply by 10*10. • The mantissa is either a real number expressed in decimal notation or an integer. The exponent is an integer number with an optional plus or minus sign. The letter e separating the mantissa and the exponent can be written in either lowercase or uppercase. Since the exponent causes the decimal point to “float”, this notation is said to represent a real number in floating point form. Example:-0.65e4, 12e-2 1.5e+5
- 5. Single Character Constant:- • A single character constant contains a single character enclosed within a pair of single quote marks. Example:- ‘5’, ‘X’ • Character constant have integer values known as ASCII value. Example:- printf(“%d”, ‘a’) Would print the number 97, the ASCII value of the letter a. the statement • Since each character constant represents an integer value, it is also possible to perform arithmetic operations on character.
- 6. String constant:- • A string constant is a sequence of characters enclosed in double quotes. The characters may be letters, numbers, special characters and blank space. Example:-”Hello!”, “WEL DONE” • Remember that a character constant is not equivalent to the single character string constant. Further, a single character string constant does not have an equivalent integer value while a character constant has an integer value. Character strings are often used in programs to build meaningful programs.
- 7. Variables:- • A variable is a data name that be used to store a data value. Unlike constant that remain unchanged during the execution of a program, a variable may take different values at different times during execution. • A variable name can be chosen by the programmer in a meaningful way so as to reflect its function or nature in the program. Examples:- Average, height, Total • As mentioned earlier, variable names consist of letter, digits, and the underscore(_) character, subject to the following conditions: 1) They must begin with a letter. Some systems permit inderscore as the first character. 2) Uppercase and lowercase are significant. That is, variable Total is not the same as total or TOTAL. 3) It should not be a keyword. 4) White space is not allowed.
- 8. Data Types:- • C language is rich in its data types. Storage representations and machine instructions to handle constants differ from machine to machine. the variety of data types available allow the programmer to select the type appropriate to the need of the applications as well as the machine. • ANSI C support three classes of data types: 1) Primary data type 2) Derived data types 3) User-defined data type All C compilers support five fundamental data types, namely integer(int), character(char), floating point(float), double-precision floating point(double),and void.
- 9. Integer types:- • Integers are whole numbers with a range of values supported by a particular machine. Generally occupy one word of storage, and since the word sizes of machines vary the size of an integer that can be stored depends on the computer. If we use a 16 bit word length, the size of the integer value is limited to the range -32768 to +32767. • In order to provide some control over the range of numbers and storage space, C has three classes of integer storage, namely short int, int and long int, in both signed and unsigned forms. ANSI C defines these types so that they can be organized from the smallest to the largest. • Short int int Long int
- 10. Floating Point Types:- • Floating point numbers are stored in 32 bits, with 6digits of precision. Floating point numbers are defined in C by the keyword float. When the accuracy provided by a float number is not sufficient, the type double can be used to define the number. • A double data type number user 64 bits giving a precision of 14 digits. These are known as double precision numbers. Remember that double type represents the same data type that float represents, but with a greater precision. To extend the precision further, we may use long double which uses 80 bits. Float double Long double
- 11. Void Types:- • The void types has no values. This is usually used to specify the type of functions. The type of a function is said to be void when it does not return any value to the calling function. It can also play the role of a generic type, meaning that it can represent any of the other standard types.
- 12. Character types:- • A single character can be defined as a character(char) type data. Characters are usually stoped in 8 bits of internal storage. The qualifier signed or unsigned may be explicitly applied to char. While unsigned char have between 0 and 255, signed chars have values from -128 to 127.