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Lecture No: 14 & 15

Data Types in ‘C’


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Types of Data Types
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Data Types

• Data types are used to declare variables before


using them.

• Two basic uses of data types are:


1. It tells the compiler what the variable name is.
2. It specifies what type of data variable will hold
and the set of operations that can be performed
on this data.
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Data Types (Contd.)

• A light switch can be considered as a data type. It


has a set of two values as on and off and two
operations as turn on and turn off.
• For Example: int x;
• Here int is the data type of variable x. It defines
that only integer values can be stored in x and
when an operation is applied on x with integer
value, result would always be integer.
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Types of Data Types

• C supports three classes of data types-


1. Primary (Fundamental) data types
e.g. int, float, char etc
2. User defined data types
e.g. structure, union, typedef, enum etc
3. Derived data types
e.g. Arrays, functions, pointers etc

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Primary/ Fundamental Data Types

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Integer Data Types

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Floating point Data Types

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Character Data Types

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Derived Data Types

• Derived data types are basically the extended


version of fundamental data types.
• Derived data types don't create a new data type
but, instead they add some functionality to the
fundamental data types.
• Examples are Array, Function, Pointers etc.

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User-Defined Data Types

• Data types which are defined by the user before


using them for declaration of variables to store
the data are called as user defined data types.
• It is not possible to build a whole software that
works only with integers, floating values, and
characters. At times we need some complex data
types that can hold complex data.
• Examples are Structure, union, type definition
and enumerated data types.
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