(C) data type

A type of data. As C is more or less type safe, different types of data are distinguished. For example, the data type bool can only contain ?true and ?false, an integer only whole numbers and a double broken numbers.

There are standard data types (which are also keywords), 'extended data types' and user-defined data types, mostly ?structs.

The standard data types for C are as follows:

bool (newer ?compilers)
char (or char*)
double
float
int
long
?short
void (in the form of ?void*)
?wchar_t

'Extended data types'

Arrays
?Struct, e.g. ?FILE*
pointer

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