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Data Types in C Language: Int Float Char Void

C language supports two types of data types: primary and derived. Primary data types are fundamental and include integer, floating point, character, and void. Derived data types are variations or groupings of primary types, such as arrays, structures, unions, and pointers. Data types determine what kind of data a variable can hold, like an integer variable only holding integer values. The document then provides details on the size and ranges of integer, floating point, character, and void data types.

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Data Types in C Language: Int Float Char Void

C language supports two types of data types: primary and derived. Primary data types are fundamental and include integer, floating point, character, and void. Derived data types are variations or groupings of primary types, such as arrays, structures, unions, and pointers. Data types determine what kind of data a variable can hold, like an integer variable only holding integer values. The document then provides details on the size and ranges of integer, floating point, character, and void data types.

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Data types in C Language

Data types specify how we enter data into our programs and what type of data we
enter. C language has some predefined set of data types to handle various kinds of
data that we can use in our program. These datatypes have different storage
capacities.
C language supports 2 different type of data types:

1. Primary data types:

These are fundamental data types in C namely integer( int), floating


point(float), character(char) and void.

2. Derived data types:

Derived data types are nothing but primary datatypes but a little twisted or
grouped together like array, stucture, union and pointer. These are
discussed in details later.
Data type determines the type of data a variable will hold. If a variable x is declared
as int. it means x can hold only integer values. Every variable which is used in the
program must be declared as what data-type it is.
Integer type
Integers are used to store whole numbers.
Size and range of Integer type on 16-bit machine:

Type Size(bytes) Range

int or signed int 2 -32,768 to 32767

unsigned int 2 0 to 65535

short int or signed short int 1 -128 to 127

unsigned short int 1 0 to 255

long int or signed long int 4 -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647


unsigned long int 4 0 to 4,294,967,295

Floating point type


Floating types are used to store real numbers.
Size and range of Integer type on 16-bit machine

Type Size(bytes) Range

Float 4 3.4E-38 to 3.4E+38

double 8 1.7E-308 to 1.7E+308

long double 10 3.4E-4932 to 1.1E+4932

Character type
Character types are used to store characters value.
Size and range of Integer type on 16-bit machine

Type Size(bytes) Range

char or signed char 1 -128 to 127

unsigned char 1 0 to 255

void type
void type means no value. This is usually used to specify the type of functions which
returns nothing. We will get acquainted to this datatype as we start learning more
advanced topics in C language, like functions, pointers etc.

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