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Data Types in C Language | C Tutorial with Dinesh Sir




Data Types in C Language :


C Language is rich in its data type. data types means to identify the types of data that are you want to be create and used. There are different data types in C Language are -:
1.     Fundamental (Built-in) Data type.
2.     User define Data types
3.     Derived Datatypes
 Fundamental data types in C Language-:
When programming, we store the variables in our computer's memory, but the computer has to know what kind of data we want to store in them since it is not going to occupy the same amount of memory to store a simple number than to store a single letter or a large number, and they are not going to be interpreted the same way. The memory in our computers is organized in bytes. A byte is the minimum amount of memory that we can manage in C. A byte can store a relatively small amount of data: In addition, the computer can manipulate more complex data types that come from grouping several bytes, such as long numbers or non-integer numbers.

You have a summary of the basic fundamental data types in C as well as the range of values that can be represented with each one in Table 2.a:

Name
Size
Range

Char
1byte
signed: -128 to 127
unsigned: 0 to 255
Int
2 byte
signed: -32768 to 32767
unsigned: 0 to 65535
floate
4 byte
+/- 3.4e +/- 38 (~7 digits )
double
8  byte
+/- 1.7e +/- 308 (~15 digits)
long int
4 byte
signed:    -2147483648 to 2147483647
unsigned: 0 to 4294967295











                       
char-  char data type is used to define a character variable that holds the single character.
int   - int data type is used to define the integer variables.
float – float data type is used to define the decimal variables

 User Defined Data types in C Language-

 There are such data type that are defined by the user is called as user define data types.
1    .     Structure
2    .     Union
3    .     enum

 Derived Data Type in C Language: - 


Derived data type are given below
1.   Array – It is a collection of similar types that is homogenies element.
2.   Pointer- A pointer is a variable that store the address of another variable.
3.   Reference- A reference is a alternative name for an object are used to create a reference.
4.  Function-: A function is a method name that are invoked anywhere in a program.

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