C Language Data Types

December 25, 2009

Data Types in C Language

Data can be of many types e.g., integer, fraction or real, character, string etc.

• Numbers that does not have fraction part represents integer data.
• Numbers with decimals or fraction represents real data.
• Any data which is enclosed within single quotes represents character data.
• Any data which is enclosed within double quotes represents a string.

Since the data is of many types, therefore C language provides many ways and options to handle all kind of data.

C Programming Language provides ways to handle different types of data by providing data types. WAIT! There is more to read… read on »