C DATA TYPES

                C DATA TYPES 

In the C programming language, data types refer to an extensive system used for declaring variables or functions of different types. The type of a variable determines how much space it occupies in storage and how the bit pattern stored is interpreted. 

The types in C can be classified as follows:

Types and Description

1. Basic Types: They are arithmetic types and consists of the two types: (a) integer types and (b) floating point types.

2.Enumerated types: They are again arithmetic types and they are used to define variables that can only be types and assigned certain discrete integer values throughout the program. 

3. The type void: The type specifier void indicates that no value is available.


4. Derived types: They include (a) Pointer types, (b) Array types, (c) Structure types, (d) Union (e) Function types.


The array types and structure types are referred to collectively as the aggregate types. The type of a function specifies the type of the function's return value. 


Integer Types

Following table gives you details about standard integer types with its storage sizes and value ranges:

Type            Storage size          Value range

Char                     1 byte                        - 128 to 127 or 0 to 255

unsigned char                  1 byte                                            0 to 256





0 to 255

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