Programming in C, Variables, Numeric Variable, Character Variable.
Question 1: Describe the purpose of variables. Ans: A variable is a symbolic name that represents a value that can change during execution of a program. A variable has a name, known as variable name and it hold data of other types. These are called memory locations. Variables are of two types. 1. Numeric Variable 2. Character Variable Variables Question 2: What is the difference between numeric and character variable? Ans: Numeric variables are used to represent numeric values in computer programs. e.g: sum, avg, marks, etc Character variables represent character values in computer program. It can represent a single character or a string of characters. e.g: city, gender etc.