C Programming For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Chapter 6

A Place to Put Stuff

IN THIS CHAPTER

Understanding variables

Creating a specific data type

Declaring variables in your code

Using signed or unsigned integers

Whipping up multiple variables at a time

Declaring and assigning at the same time

Putting variables to work

Creating constants

Human beings have obsessed over storing stuff ever since the Garden of Eden, when Adam stashed a grape in his belly button. This raises the question of why Adam would have a belly button, but that’s not my point. My point is that people enjoy storing things and creating places — boxes, closets, garages, and underground bunkers — in which to store that stuff.

Your C programs can also store things ...