char

the type "char" designates a variable that is supposed to store a character (text).

char letter,choice='Y';

letter='a';

if (choice=='N') break;

letter= ' ';

• char variables can be compared, assigned and initialized as any other variable.
• each variable stores one character; an array is needed to store several characters.
• uppercase and lowercase characters;
• blank is also a character;
• character codes.