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11 Primitive Data Types

This chapter describes all the primitive data types of C—that is, all the data types that aren’t built up from other types. They include the types int and double that we’ve already covered.

These types are all made up of bytes (see Storage and Data).

• Integer Data Types
• Floating-Point Data Types
• Complex Data Types
• The Void Type
• Other Data Types
• Type Designators