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Handling Primitive Data Types

Variables are used to store and retrieve data in RAM during a program's execution. There are three main types of variables: explicit variables which must be declared before use, implicit variables which can be used without declaration, and anonymous variables which are only known by the computer. Primitive data types in C++ include integers, floating-point numbers, booleans, and characters, which store basic values, while referenced data types can contain other components like properties and functions.

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Handling Primitive Data Types

Variables are used to store and retrieve data in RAM during a program's execution. There are three main types of variables: explicit variables which must be declared before use, implicit variables which can be used without declaration, and anonymous variables which are only known by the computer. Primitive data types in C++ include integers, floating-point numbers, booleans, and characters, which store basic values, while referenced data types can contain other components like properties and functions.

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HANDLING PRIMITIVE

DATA TYPES
VARIABLES

 In computers, the data is stored and retrieved in the


RAM.
 Programming languages make this possible through
variables.
 Think of variables as a box where we can store
“valuables” in them.
 In programming, the valuables we store within
variables are values.
HANDLING VARIABLES

 When assigning value to the variable is done for the


first time, we are initializing the variable.

 When we take out valuables out of the box, in


programming, we are retrieving its value.

 When we retrieve the value of the variable, the value


is still within the variable. What we “take out” of the
variable is just a copy of the value.
VARIABLES

 Explicit variables

 Implicit variables

 Anonymous variables
EXPLICIT VARIABLES

 Variables that we usually declare at the start of our


application before any processing is done within.

 Most programming languages have explicit variables;


they require that variables are to be declared before
they are used.
IMPLICIT VARIABLES

 Variables that are used right away without the need


of declaring them.

 They are referenced using a name.

 They are usable within the context where they are


initially used.

 Most programming languages used in Web


Development have implicit variables.
ANONYMOUS VARIABLES

 Variables that are used right away without the need


of declaring them.

 However, they are not referenced using a name.

 .Only the computer itself know how to call them.

 They are typically declared and destroyed after use.

 Used during computations.


FAST FACTS

 Major declarations are done as the first line of the


“public void main()” function for the explicit
variables.

 In C++, we have explicit and anonymous variables.


DATA T YPES

 The restriction we place to variables that limit them


to handle only our specified type of data,

 There are 2 classifications for data types:

 By Value

 By Construct
CLASSIFICATION BY VALUE

 When data types are classified by value, we have


explicit and implicit data types.

 Explicit data types are data types that are declared


and defined.

 Explicit data types are often called “Strong-typed”.


CLASSIFICATION BY VALUE

 Implicit data types are data types that are taken


depending on how they are stored or used.

 They are not defined which often causes ambiguity


on how the values are to be handled.

 Implicit data types are often called “variant type”.


They are especially used in Web Development
wherein the values are initially treated like strings
before they are converted to what they are actually.
FAST FACT

In C++, we only have explicit data


types.
CLASSIFICATION BY CONSTRUCT

 By construct means how they are constructed.

 It also means what they are composed of.

 Primitive Data Types

 Referenced Data Types


PRIMITIVE DATA T YPES

 Data types of singularity by nature.

 They contain only the values they are supposed to


contain.

 They do not have any other components like


properties and internal functions.
REFERENCED DATA T YPES

 Data types that are objective by nature.

 They do not only contain the values they are


supposed to contain, but also have other
components like properties and functions.

 They contain variables within them.


PRIMITIVE DATA T YPES IN C++

 Integers

 Floating-Points

 Booleans

 Characters
INTEGERS

 Values that are numerical in nature.

 They do not have decimal precisions.

 Under integers, we have regular integer, long and


short data types.
FLOATING-POINTS

 Values that are numerical in nature.

 They have decimal precisions.

 It can be float or double.


BOOLEANS

 Values classifiable to either true or false.

 These are numerical in nature because C++ store


them as zero (0) and one (1) internally.

 True value for Booleans are considered as non-zero


positive integer.

 False value for Booleans are considered as zero.

 They use bool identifier.


CHARACTERS

 The only primitive data type that is textual in nature.

 Regular character can only represent one (1)


character per variable.

 Strings can be represented as a series of characters.

 In C++, a String is declared as an array of characters.

 Characters use char identifier, whereas Strings use


char variable[] syntax.

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