Fundamental Data Types

Chapter Goals

To understand integer and floating point numbers
To write arithmetic expressions in C++
To appreciate the importance of comments and good code layout
To be able to define and initialize variables and constants
To recognize the limitations of the int and double types and the overflow and roundoff errors that can result
To be able to change the values of variables through assignment
To use the standard C++ string type to define and manipulate character strings
To be able to write simple programs that read numbers and text, process the input, and display the results