Beginners Guide to data types.md

Beginners Guide to data types

Introduction

A data type is the kind of data that can be used in a language, and also describes the way that we represent information, or data. Data types include:

1. String - Used to represent text, in quotations
2. Number

• Integer - A whole number which can be positive, negative, or zero
• Float - A number with a decimal, which can be positive or negative

3. Boolean - A piece of data that is only represented as true or fasle
4. Array - A group of multiple pieces of the same type of data, contained in brackets, and separated by commas.

Basic Examples

String

var first_pizza = "New York Style";

var second_pizza = "Chicago Style";

Number

var height = 9;

var width = 7.2;

Boolean

var happy = true;

var open = false;

Array

var class_mates = ["Soraya", "Duncan", "Miguel"];
var distances = [23, 17, 18, 45, 81];