C++ for Python Programmers The PreTeXt Edition

Glossary Glossary

address-of.

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the address-of operator (&) is used to access the address of a C++ variable.

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atomic data type.

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basic data type that cannot be broken down into any simpler data elements.

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bool.

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keyword for Boolean data type.

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char.

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keyword for character data type that stores a single character.

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dereference.

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follow a pointer to its referenced memory location and read the data there.

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float.

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keyword for floating point data type.

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double.

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keyword for double-precision floating point data type.

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int.

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keyword for integer data type.

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