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Characters & Strings Another type of data is textual data which can either be single characters or a sequence of characters which are called strings. Strings are sometimes used for human readable data such as messages or output, but may also model general data. For example, DNA is usually encoded using strings consisting of the […]
A variable’s type (or data type) is the characterization of the data that it represents.A computer only “speaks” in 0s and 1s (binary). A variable is merely a memory location in which a series of 0s and 1s is stored. That binary string could represent a number (either an integer or a floating point number), […]
Programming languages are a lot like human languages in that they have syntax rules.These rules dictate the appropriate arrangements of words, punctuation, and other symbols that form valid statements in the language. For example, in many programming languages, commands or statements are terminated by semicolons (just as most sentences are ended with a period). This […]
Programs start out as source code, a collection of instructions usually written in a high level programming language. A source file containing source code is nothing more than a plain text file that can be edited by any text editor. However, many developers and programmers utilize modern Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that provide a text […]