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    Each variable in C has a data type that determines its memory usage and the operations that can be performed on it. Common data types include char for single characters, int for integers, float for single-precision decimals, and double for double-precision decimals. Data types have different ranges and memory requirements depending on the compiler. The sizeof operator can check the size of a variable in bytes.

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    Each variable in C has a data type that determines its memory usage and the operations that can be performed on it. Common data types include char for single characters, int for integers, float for single-precision decimals, and double for double-precision decimals. Data types have different ranges and memory requirements depending on the compiler. The sizeof operator can check the size of a variable in bytes.

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    Data Types in C

    Each variable in C has an associated data type. Each data type requires
    different amounts of memory and has some specific operations which can
    be performed over it. Let us briefly describe them one by one:

    Following are the examples of some very common data types used in C:

     char: The most basic data type in C. It stores a single character and
    requires a single byte of memory in almost all compilers.
     int: As the name suggests, an int variable is used to store an integer.
     float: It is used to store decimal numbers (numbers with floating point
    value) with single precision.
     double: It is used to store decimal numbers (numbers with floating
    point value) with double precision.
    Different data types also have different ranges upto which they can store
    numbers. These ranges may vary from compiler to compiler. Below is list of
    ranges along with the memory requirement and format specifiers on 32 bit
    gcc compiler.

    DATA TYPE MEMORY RANGE FORMAT

    (BYTES) SPECIFIER

    short int 2 -32,768 to 32,767 %hd

    unsigned short int 2 0 to 65,535 %hu

    unsigned int 4 0 to 4,294,967,295 %u

    int 4 -2,147,483,648 to %d
    2,147,483,647

    long int 8 -2,147,483,648 to %ld

    2,147,483,647

    unsigned long int 8 0 to 4,294,967,295 %lu

    long long int 8 -(2^63) to (2^63)-1 %lld

    unsigned long 8 0 to %llu

    long int 18,446,744,073,709,551,615

    signed char 1 -128 to 127 %c

    unsigned char 1 0 to 255 %c

    float 4 %f

    double 8 %lf

    long double 16 %Lf

    We can use the sizeof() operator to check the size of a variable. See the
    following C program for the usage of the various data types:

    #include <stdio.h>
    int main()
    {
    int a = 1;
    char b ='G';
    double c = 3.14;
    printf("Hello World!\n");

    //printing the variables defined above along with


    their sizes
    printf("Hello! I am a character. My value is %c and
    my size is %lu byte.\n", b,sizeof(char));
    //can use sizeof(b) above as well

    printf("Hello! I am an integer. My value is %d and


    my size is %lu bytes.\n", a,sizeof(int));
    //can use sizeof(a) above as well

    printf("Hello! I am a double floating point


    variable. My value is %lf and my size is %lu
    bytes.\n",c,sizeof(double));
    //can use sizeof(c) above as well

    printf("Bye! See you soon. :)\n");

    return 0;
    }

    Output:

    Hello World!
    Hello! I am a character. My value is G and my size is 1 byte.
    Hello! I am an integer. My value is 1 and my size is 4 bytes.
    Hello! I am a double floating point variable. My value is 3.140000 and my
    size is 8 bytes.
    Bye! See you soon. :)

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