Chapter Review The smallest unit of memory is a , also called a . The smallest unit amount of memory that can be addressed (accessed) directly is a . The modern standard is that a byte equals 8 bits. A tells the compiler how to interpret the contents of memory …
are values that are inserted directly into the code. For example: return 5; // 5 is an integer literal bool myNameIsAlex { true }; // true is a boolean literal double d { 3.4 }; // 3.4 is a double literal std::cout << “Hello, world!”; // “Hello, world!” is a …
To this point, the fundamental data types we’ve looked at have been used to hold numbers (integers and floating points) or true/false values (Booleans). But what if we want to store letters or punctuation? #include <iostream> int main() { std::cout << “Would you like a burrito? (y/n)”; // We want …
In real-life, it’s common to ask or be asked questions that can be answered with “yes” or “no”. “Is an apple a fruit?” Yes. “Do you like asparagus?” No. Now consider a similar statement that can be answered with a “true” or “false”: “Apples are a fruit”. It’s clearly true. …
Integers are great for counting whole numbers, but sometimes we need to store very large (positive or negative) numbers, or numbers with a fractional component. A floating point type variable is a variable that can hold a number with a fractional component, such as 4320.0, -3.33, or 0.01226. The floating …
An is an integral type that can represent positive and negative whole numbers, including 0 (e.g. -2, -1, 0, 1, 2). C++ has 4 primary fundamental integer types available for use: The key difference between the various integer types is that they have varying sizes — the larger integers can …
Object sizes As you learned in the lesson , memory on modern machines is typically organized into byte-sized units, with each byte of memory having a unique address. Up to this point, it has been useful to think of memory as a bunch of cubbyholes or mailboxes where we can …
Expressions Consider the following series of statements, each of which defines a variable and initializes it: // five() is a function that returns the value 5 int five() { return 5; } int main() { int a{ 2 }; // initialize variable a with literal value 2 int b{ 2 …
C++ reserves a set of 92 words (as of C++23) for its own use. These words are called keywords (or reserved words), and each of these keywords has a special meaning within the C++ language. Here is a list of all the C++ keywords (through C++23): alignas alignof and and_eq …
Bits, bytes, and memory addressing In lesson , we talked about the fact that variables are names for a piece of memory that can be used to store information. To recap briefly, computers have random access memory (RAM) that is available for programs to use. When a variable is defined, …
