How the ranges of various basic data types are decided in C.Eleborate and give examples
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Data types specify how we enter data into our programs and what type of data we enter. C language has some predefined set of data types to handle various kinds of data that we can use in our program. These datatypes have different storage capacities.
C language supports 2 different type of data types:
Primary data types:
These are fundamental data types in C namely integer(int), floating point(float), character(char) and void.
Derived data types:
Derived data types are nothing but primary datatypes but a little twisted or grouped together like array, stucture, union and pointer. These are discussed in details later.
Data type determines the type of data a variable will hold. If a variable x is declared as int. it means x can hold only integer values. Every variable which is used in the program must be declared as what data-type