Microsoft Visual C# 2013 Step by Step

Chapter 2. Working with variables, operators, and expressions

After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

• Understanding statements

• Using variables

• Working with primitive data types

• Using arithmetic operators

• Increment and decrement variables.

Chapter 1 presents how to use the Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 programming environment to build and run a console program and a graphical application. This chapter introduces you to the elements of Microsoft Visual C# syntax and semantics, including statements, keywords, and identifiers. You’ll study the primitive types that are built in to the C# language and the characteristics of the values that each type holds. You’ll also see how to declare and use local variables (variables that exist only in a method ...