FIT 100
© Copyright University of
Washington 1999-2000
On Variable Values
vA variable can be thought of as a “named container”
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Variables name computer memory locations, so the value of a variable is the quantity stored in its memory
Variables name computer memory locations, so the value of a variable is the quantity stored in its memory
vVariables can take on different types of
values
oWhole numbers or integers: 2, -9, 1048576
oCharacter sequences or strings: “2”, “&^%$#@”, “ ”
oFloating point numbers or doubles: 2.0, 3.14159, -999.99 (numbers that can have some
digits after the decimal point)
vA variable’s values have a specific type
vVariables are declared and their type is specified
oDim
averageOverClass As Double
averageOverClass
0
