char

Definition: char is a short form of the word character. A character is a letter, number, puctuation mark, or other such symbol use in writing. In programming, a character is often defined by the 8 bit ASCII encoding.

SIDL keyword: char is a data type built into SIDL. It stores 1 byte of data, or enough for 1 ASCII character.





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