Review Questions

You'll find answers to the review questions in Appendix A, “Answers to the Review Questions.”

1:Which data type would you use for each of the following kinds of data?
  1. The population of East Simpleton

  2. The cost of a movie on DVD

  3. The most common letter in this chapter

  4. The number of times that the letter occurs in this chapter

2:Why would you use a type long variable instead of type int?
3:What portable types might you use to get a 32-bit signed integer, and what would the rationale be for each choice?
4:Identify the type and meaning, if any, of each of the following constants:
  1. '\b'

  2. 1066

  3. 99.44

  4. 0XAA

  5. 2.0e30

5:Dottie Cawm has concocted an error-laden program. Help her find the mistakes.
 include <stdio.h> main ( float g; h; float tax, rate; ...

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