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ESCAPE SEQUENCES

and
Data Types in C

Dr AmitSharma
Santosh Yadav
ESCAPE SEQUENCES
• Special backslash
character constants
are denoted by
backslash followed
by a particular
character. These
combinations of
two characters are
called escape
sequences.
• All escape
sequences begin
with a backslash.
Data Types In C Language
• Each variable in C has an associated data type.
• It specifies the type of data that the variable can store like
integer, character, floating, double, etc.
• Each data type requires different amounts of memory and has
some specific operations which can be performed over it.
• The data type is a collection of data with values having fixed
values, meaning as well as its characteristics.
Data
types
along
with their
size
required
in
memory
Integer Data Type
• The integer datatype in C is used to store the whole numbers
without decimal values.
• Octal values, hexadecimal values, and decimal values can be
stored in int data type in C.
• Range: -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647
• Size: 4 bytes
• Format Specifier: %d
• Syntax of Integer
The integer data type can also be used
as
1.unsigned int: Unsigned int data type in C is used to store the
data values from zero to positive numbers but it can’t store
negative values like signed int.
2.short int: It is lesser in size than the int by 2 bytes so can only
store values from –32,768 to 32,767.
3.long int: Larger version of the int datatype so can store values
greater than int.
4.unsigned short int: Similar in relationship with short int as
unsigned int with int.
Example
Character Data Type
• Character data type allows its variable to store only a single
character. The size of the character is 1 byte. It is the most
basic data type in C. It stores a single character and requires a
single byte of memory in almost all compilers.
• Range: (-128 to 127) or (0 to 255)
• Size: 1 byte
• Format Specifier: %c
• Syntax of char
Example
Float Data Type
• In C programming float data type is used to store floating-
point values. Float in C is used to store decimal and
exponential values. It is used to store decimal numbers
(numbers with floating point values) with single precision.
• Range: 1.2E-38 to 3.4E+38
• Size: 4 bytes
• Format Specifier: %f
• Syntax of float
Example
Double Data Type
• A Double data type in C is used to store decimal numbers (numbers
with floating point values) with double precision.
• The double data type is basically a precision sort of data type that is
capable of holding 64 bits of decimal numbers or floating points.
• It occupies twice the memory occupied by the floating-point type.
• It can easily accommodate about 16 to 17 digits after or before a
decimal point.
• Range: 1.7E-308 to 1.7E+308
• Size: 8 bytes
• Format Specifier: %lf
Example
Size of Data Types in C
• The size of the data types in C is dependent on the size of the
architecture, so we cannot define the universal size of the data
types.
• For that, the C language provides the sizeof() operator to check
the size of the data types.
Example

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