Note that the data type sizes don’t need to match, so it’s no problem to have a union with, for example, a 32-bit and a single 8-bit integer, the 8-bit value is simply truncated if needed.

I never noticed it before, but after doing some java programming and coming back to C/C++ I've noticed there isn't a 'byte' data type.<BR><BR>Why is that? It seems wrong to use a 'char' to store ...

What is abstract data type in C? Abstract data types (often written ADT for short) are data types whose implementation details are hidden from user view for the data structure, but ADTs can be ...

data structure 2 Articles Unionize Your Variables – An Introduction To Advanced Data Types In C March 2, 2018 by Sven Gregori 61 Comments ...

Any data that does not fall into the traditional field structure (alpha, numeric, dates) of a relational DBMS. Examples of complex data types are bills of materials, word processing documents ...