Variables in C (Basic)
Whenever you want to store some temporary data, then variables are used, like x=20, area=7.3. Here x and area are variable names. In C language variables must be declared before any function usage. (At top of the function). Format of variable declaration is data-type var; ex. int x;.
You can declare multiple variables in same statement. ex. int x,y,z;
We can also initialized variables during declaration part. ex. int x=20,y=23,z=40;
There are some basic rules for naming a variable
- Variable/identifier name must not start with Digit.
- Variable/Identifier name can contain only alphanumeric and _. No Other symbols rather than _ is allowed in variable name.
- KeyWords (Reserved Words of C Programs- Those are in white color in Turboc3 IDE) are not allowed as a variable name.
- Variable name can not have white space.
- Uppercase and lower case are not same in variable names.
There are four storage classes of variables that will be discussed later .
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