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CH 3. Variables

Variables are packets that store data in programming. They must have unique names and can hold different data types like integers, floating-point numbers, characters, strings, and Boolean values. Integer variables hold whole numbers, floating-point variables hold decimal numbers, character variables hold single characters, string variables hold text, and Boolean variables hold true or false values.

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CH 3. Variables

Variables are packets that store data in programming. They must have unique names and can hold different data types like integers, floating-point numbers, characters, strings, and Boolean values. Integer variables hold whole numbers, floating-point variables hold decimal numbers, character variables hold single characters, string variables hold text, and Boolean variables hold true or false values.

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CHAPTER 3

VARIABLES
WHAT ARE VARIABLES?
In programming, variable is a packet in which
we can store data.

These packets can be named and referenced


and can be used to perform various
operations.
NAMING VARIABLES
Every variable in a program is unique. To
identify these variables uniquely, user needs to
allocate them a unique name. This name acts
as an identifier for that variable. In
programming, a user is not allowed to use the
same name of a variable more than once.
Naming variables make it to easier to call
them while performing operations. The name
of a variable also suggests what information
the variable contains.
DIFFERENT DATA TYPES IN VARIABLES
• Integer
• Floating-point number
• Character
• String
• Boolean
INTEGER DATA TYPE
• Integer data type variables store integer Example of declaring an Integer
values only. variable:
• They store whole numbers which have zero, int a = 2;
positive and negative values but not
decimal values
FLOATING POINT NUMBER DATA TYPE
Example of declaring a floating-
point number variable:
• Floating-point numbers are used to store
decimal values. They hold real numbers float a = 1.1;
with decimal values
• There is another type of floating-point
number known as a "double" data type,
which is used to store even bigger values Example of a double value:
double a = 8.999999999;
CHARACTER DATA TYPE
• Character type variables are used to store Example of declaring a character
character values variable:
• If a user tries to create a character variable
char a = ‘w’;
and assign it with a non-character value, the
program will throw an error
STRING DATA TYPE
The String data type stores value in a sequence of characters i.e. in String
format.
BOOLEAN DATA TYPE
"Boolean Data Type", which stores values in Boolean type only i.e., "true" or
"false"

Example of declaring a Boolean


variable:
bool a = true;

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