Soldato
Guys what data types would i use for:
User input search
A 10% discount
and a receipt printout?
User input search
A 10% discount
and a receipt printout?
Help with data types
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Soldato
What language are you using, and what would a receipt printout contain?
C++ and sales information. e.g. Product, Price, Company information.
That's not a trivial question to answer.
This is a good list of what you have available to you: http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/types
Ask yourself what the data is, i.e a number, decimal, text string and pick a type that best represents the max/min of the range of possible input. For example, if a 10% discount is going to be a whole number between 0-100, an unsigned short would suffice, as would a signed int or unsigned char. Depends how picky you want to be.
From what you mentioned, 10% discount, probably a float/int and the other two a char array.
This is a good list of what you have available to you: http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/types
Ask yourself what the data is, i.e a number, decimal, text string and pick a type that best represents the max/min of the range of possible input. For example, if a 10% discount is going to be a whole number between 0-100, an unsigned short would suffice, as would a signed int or unsigned char. Depends how picky you want to be.
From what you mentioned, 10% discount, probably a float/int and the other two a char array.
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Soldato
I agree with tnt, though I'd build my own class for a receipt printout seeing as though you need to store a few things.