Values are the raw data of your application. A value is a representation of an enitity, which the program can manipulate. They are generally atomic units of data, but in some cases can be more complex, and even composed of other values.
There are multiple different sorts of values, and they are differentiated by what is known as a type
. Examples of common types are:
- String - A string is essentially a bit of text. they are usually represented by some text wrapped in either "double quotes" or 'single quotes'. There are other kinds of quote marks which can denote strings as well, but these two are the most common