| 2.1.2.Introduction to Data Types |
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- Data type determines how much storage space is allocated to variables.
- Data type determines the permissible operations on variables.
- The variables should be declared by specifying the data type.
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- There is a family of integer data types and floating-point data types.
- Characters are stored internally as integers
- Characters are interpreted according to the character set.
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- The most commonly used character set is ASCII.
- In the ASCII character set, A is represented by the number 65.
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