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FindMind Collection

2015

Variable, Lvalue & Rvalue


Variable:
A variable is nothing but a name given to a storage area that our programs can manipulate. Each
variable in C has a specific type, which determines the size and layout of the variable's memory; the range
of values that can be stored within that memory; and the set of operations that can be applied to the
variable.

The name of a variable can be composed of letters, digits, and the underscore character. It must begin
with either a letter or an underscore. Upper and lowercase letters are distinct because C is case-sensitive.

Variable Definition in C:
Syntax to declare a variable:
Data type variable name = value;
Data type variable name;
A variable definition means to tell the compiler where and how much to create the storage for the
variable. A variable definition specifies a data type and contains a list of one or more variables of that
type as follows:

type variable_list;

Here, type must be a valid C data type including char, int, float, double, or any user-defined data type,
etc., and variable_list may consist of one or more identifier names separated by commas. Some valid
declarations are shown here:

int i, j, k;
char c, ch;
float f, salary;
double d;

The line int i, j, k; both declares and defines the variables i, j and k; which instructs the compiler to create
variables named i, j and k of type int.

Variables can be initialized (assigned an initial value) in their declaration. The initializer consists of an
equal sign followed by a constant expression as follows:

type variable_name = value;

Note:

 If we does not initialize the variable with some value, there will be garbage value stored in the particular
variable.
FindMind Collection
2015

Lvalue And Rvalue:


There are two kinds of expressions in C:

1. lvalue : Expressions that refer to a memory location is called "lvalue" expression. An lvalue may appear
as either the left-hand or right-hand side of an assignment.
2. rvalue : The term rvalue refers to a data value that is stored at some address in memory. An rvalue is an
expression that cannot have a value assigned to it which means an rvalue may appear on the right- but not
left-hand side of an assignment.
Variables are lvalues and so may appear on the left-hand side of an assignment. Numeric literals are
rvalues and so may not be assigned and can not appear on the left-hand side. Following is a valid
statement:

int g = 20;

But following is not a valid statement and would generate compile-time error:

10 = 20;
Rvalue:
 Rvalue stands for Right Value of the expression
 In any assignment statement R-value of expression must be anything which is capable of returning
constant expression or constant value.
 Rvalue can be a constant, function, variable, macro.
Syntax:
Lvalue = Rvalue;
Lvalue:
 Lvalue stands for Left Value of the expression
 Lvalue of the expression refers to the memory locations
 In any assignment statement R-value of expression must be a container (i.e must have the ability to hold
the data)
 Variable is the only container in C programming thus Lvalue must be any variable.
 Lvalue cannot be the constant, function or any of the available data type in C.
Syntax:
Lvalue = Rvalue.
Diagram:

LVALUE ASSIGNMENT OPERATOR RVALUE

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