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C++ Variable

In C++, a variable is a named memory location that stores a value. The value stored in a variable can be changed during the execution of a program. The syntax for declaring a variable in C++ is:

data_type variable_name;

Here, data_type is the type of the variable and variable_name is the name of the variable. For example, to declare a variable of type int with the name my_var, we would write:

int my_var;

Here are some examples of different variable types in C++:

int age = 25; // integer variable to store age
double price = 9.99; // double variable to store price
char letter = 'A'; // character variable to store a single letter
bool flag = true; // boolean variable to store true or false

We can also declare multiple variables of the same data type in a single statement, separating each variable name with a comma:

int x, y, z;

Variables can be initialized with a value at the time of declaration, like in the examples above, or they can be assigned a value later in the program. For example:

int x; // declare the variable
x = 5; // assign the value 5 to x

Variables can also be used in expressions and as arguments to functions:

int a = 10;
int b = 20;
int sum = a + b; // sum is 30
cout << "The sum of " << a << " and " << b << " is " << sum << endl;

Finally, variables can have different levels of visibility or scope. A variable declared within a function or block of code is local to that function or block and is not accessible outside of it. A variable declared outside of any function or block is a global variable and can be accessed from any part of the program.

// global variable
int g_var = 10;

int main() {
    // local variable
    int l_var = 5;
    // accessing global variable
    cout << "Global variable value: " << g_var << endl;
    // accessing local variable
    cout << "Local variable value: " << l_var << endl;
    return 0;
};

In general, variables are an essential concept in programming and are used extensively to store and manipulate data in C++ and many other programming languages.

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