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maytelabargamalaga
Courses Plus Student 6,465 PointsVariables
I need to create a float variable
3 Answers
Kristian Terziev
28,449 PointsThe way you declare a variable in C is <type><name> = value. You can omit the value and add it later. So to declare this variable you should write float followed by the name of the variable. For example: float a;
maytelabargamalaga
Courses Plus Student 6,465 Pointsthank you
Meek D
3,457 Pointsfloat myfloatvalue =2.0; or float myfloatvalue; myfloatvalue=2.0;
Kevin Lozandier
Courses Plus Student 53,747 PointsKevin Lozandier
Courses Plus Student 53,747 PointsSince float is an existing type of value in C, you should be able to create a new float variable merely using
floatto prefix the variable name and the value you want:float my_float_value = 2.0;