1.2.1 Basic Data Types

In this lesson, you will explore basic data types in C++. Like other computer languages, C++ has data types for numbers, characters, and Boolean types.

In the table below, you can see the basic data types that will be explored in this lesson.

Variable Type	Examples
string	“Hello”, “eagle”, “Computer”
char	’s’, ‘H’, ‘Q’
int	4, -852, 387245
double	7.8,-11.79835, 56732.8
bool	true, false, 1, 0