Char data type

Char data type in c programming language

It is a keyword. A character denotes any alphabet, digit or special symbol used to represent information. Following are the valid alphabets, numbers and special symbols allowed in C.

(1) Alphabets - A, B, ….., Y, Z a, b, ……, y, z
(2) Digits - 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
(3) Special symbols - ~ ‘ ! @ # % ^ & * ( ) _ - + = | \ { } [ ] : ; " ' , . ? / > <

If you want to use only one character in your program then you can use char data-type. 'A', 'B', 'c', 'M', etc is the example of character. '1', '5', '9', etc is also the example of char data type but it is not a numeric value. size of char data type is 1

Program

#include <stdio.h> 
#include <conio.h> 
void main(){
char a = 'M';
 clrscr();
 printf("value of a = %c",a);
 getch();
}

See Output

%c is used in scanf() function to read double type value.

Program

#include <stdio.h> 
#include <conio.h> 
void main(){ 
 char a;
 clrscr();
 printf("Enter value of a: ");
 scanf("%c",&a);/*  & is used before variable name when you want to read data*/
 printf("\n value of a = %c",a);
 getch();
}

See Output

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