(01-27-2012, 06:03 AM)Pacman-Nemtap Wrote: I've been through the programming game for the past year on & off trying to learn but couldn't find the perfect book. Started out with C# now went on to try C++ & <3 it more than C#. The book I've started to go through is Ivan Horton's Visual C++. Goes with VS 2010 & focuses on both C++/CLI & ISO/IEC (I believe, basically .NET Framwork & Native, correct me if I'm wrong).

But that's the problem, in every book I've came across, I would always get stuck with variables, what they are & how they work such as char. Now, int is the easiest to understand because it's just -2343543543 to 324235435. A huge number you could put in.

Is there a chance anyone could port up about all the variables & there uses or slap me in the face as you give me a resource that's already on this forum or even a resource as I'm probably the first to ask a stupid question that my brain can't comprehend???

(01-28-2012, 07:37 AM)Pacman-Nemtap Wrote: Not much helpful, I'm still trying to get through the variables, I don't understand them all the way. Is theres a chance that we could talk together via chat like AIM or Windows Live???

(01-28-2012, 02:35 PM)Pacman-Nemtap Wrote: I understand what your talking. Hell, I shoot through with so much protection using this forum with a proxy & an alias XD
I'll take a crack at getting you to understand.

My original question was about variables themselves.
Like, how are they used for programs, how would char be used??? How would you use the other variables available???

(01-28-2012, 02:43 PM)AceInfinity Wrote: Have you ever used a calculator before? Remember the ANS button?

Basically variables store information so that you can use them in other places, check their values, and execute other functions based on that value.

char holds a char value. Other variables depend on their types. But i'm not sure what you're confused about here

int = number value, but it's short, so it's maximum isn't very large in comparison to a long int.
char = one character value

(01-28-2012, 02:49 PM)Pacman-Nemtap Wrote: That's it, what is the char exactly used for in a program, to understand what someone puts in???

(01-28-2012, 02:57 PM)AceInfinity Wrote: Like I mentioned, it depends. Perhaps you have a program where you need to iterate through a selection of letters from the alphabet to make a check as to whether a sentence contains certain values. For example, checking for vowels?

Otherwise if you have something like this, you can make it a char string:

Code:

int main()
{
    char * str = "string value";
}

You're using a pointer here as type char, but this enables you to use a string value.

Otherwise you can use string:

Code:

int main()
{
    string str = "my string";
}