© Ivor Horton and Peter Van Weert 2018
Ivor Horton and Peter Van WeertBeginning C++17https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3366-5_3

3. Working with Fundamental Data Types

Ivor Horton1  and Peter Van Weert2
(1)
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, UK
(2)
Kessel-Lo, Belgium
 

In this chapter, we expand on the types that we discussed in the previous chapter and explain how variables of the basic types interact in more complicated situations. We also introduce some new features of C++ and discuss some of the ways that these are used.

In this chapter, you’ll learn
  • How the execution order in an expression is determined

  • What the bitwise operators are and how you use them

  • How you can define a new type that limits variables to a fixed range of possible values

  • How you can ...

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