2 Analyzing C Programs

		Chapter 3 Variables and Constants

		Now that you have seen an overview of the C programming language, you can start writing C programs. In this chapter, you begin to write your own programs from scratch. To understand data processing with C, you must understand how C creates, stores, and manipulates data. This chapter teaches you how C handles data.

		This chapter teaches you the following topics:

		Variables and literal constants

		Types of variables and constants

		Special constants

		How to name variables

		How to declare variables

		Assigning values to variables