C++ Crash Course

2TYPES

Hardin once said, “To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.” I’ll improvise.—Isaac Asimov, Foundation

As discussed in Chapter 1, a type declares how an object will be interpreted and used by the compiler. Every object in a C++ program has a type. This chapter begins with a thorough discussion of fundamental types and then introduces user-defined types. Along the way, you’ll learn about several control flow structures.

Fundamental Types

Fundamental types are the most basic types of object and include integer, floating-point, character, Boolean, byte, size_t, and void. Some refer to fundamental types as primitive ...