Data Types in C Language:

C data types are used to determine  which type of value is to be stored in the variable (memory block) and it also determines the return type of the functions. C programming is  very rich In data types.

C programming provides different types of data types to store the values in variables. c data types are given below –

Basic Data Types

Int

Float

double

Char

void

Derived Data Types

Array

Pointer

Structure

Basic data types

Integer

integer type can store whole numbers including positive and negative numbers. Int keyword is used to declare integer type.

For example:

int a=20;

int a,b;

 Floating type

Floating types can store the real numbers.real number means
number having floating point up to one precision. Float keyword is used to declare
floating type.

For example

float a=10.5

Double type

Double type stores the real numbers which having double precision. Double keyword is used to declare double type.

For example:

double a=255.30;

Character type

Character types can be store single character. Char keyword used to declare character type.

For example:

char a=’c’;

char b=’5’;

Void type

Void type stores nothing. Void means nothing. Void is usually used to declare the return type of function which doesn’t return any value.

Modifying the Basic Types

basic data types have various modifiers preceding them. A type modifier helps base type to more precisely fit a specific need.

The list of modifiers are:

 Signed

 Unsigned

 Long

 short

The int base type can be modified by as short, long, signed and unsigned and long  can be modified as double. The char type can be modified as unsigned and signed.

following table shows the data type its size and range.

Derived data types

Array

Array is nothing but the collection of the same data types values.

Pointer

Pointer points the other memory location.

Structure

Structure is the collection of different data types.