Variable Types

This lesson gives an overview of all the types of variables in C++ like int, bool, double, char and float

We'll cover the following

Integers

An integer is a number that does not have any decimal places. It is a whole number, for example, 1,2,3,4 are all integers. 4.3 is not. If you were to try and place the number 4.3 into an integer, the number would​ be truncated to 4.

There are further different types in an integer as well. Let’s take a look at them one by one.

Below is an example of the integer type short.

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