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RECOGNIZING

DATA TYPES
DATA TYPE
o It describes a specific data that can be stored in a
variable.

o Defines how the data of a variable will be used by


the program
CHARACTER (char)
A data type that holds and displays unit of information
equivalent to one alphabetic letter or symbol.

Examples:

‘J’, ‘R’, ‘U’

‘N’, ‘C’, ‘R’


STRING
It refers to a collection or series of characters which
represents name of an entity

Examples

“JRU”

“ICTS112”
INTEGER (int)
A data type that has a value of real number or whole
number.

Examples:

101 90 1919

75 60 120
FLOAT
A data type which recognizes decimals or fractions of
numbers

Examples:

0.95 70.00 .05

10.5 1.75 90.6


BOOLEAN
It contains values with two options.

Example:

TRUE or FALSE
SINGLE
A type of declaration for floating numbers
(numbers with decimals) which stores 4-byte
decimal spaces (32 bits or 232).
DOUBLE
o A type of declaration for floating numbers
(numbers with decimals) which stores 8-byte
decimal spaces (64 bits or 264).

o It can hold even the smallest and largest


approximation of a real number .
SHORT
An integer which can hold a 4 byte place
value (32 bits or 232 place value).

Range:

-32,768 to 32,768
LONG
An integer which can hold an 8 byte place value
(64 bits or 264 place value).

Range:

-263 to 263
VARIABLES AND CONSTANTS
RULES FOR NAMING A VARIABLE
1. The name must begin with a letter
2. The name must contain only letters, numbers and the underscore
characters.

3. The name cannot contain more than 255 characters.


4. The name cannot be a reserved word.

Reserved words are English words used as codes in C++ programming.

Ex. main, else, float, if, string


EXAMPLES OF DECLARING A VARIABLE

int grade;

Int quiz1, quiz2, quiz3;

string username;

float average;

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