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What is the difference between int and char in C?

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What is the difference between int and char in C?
posted Feb 26, 2017 by anonymous

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Both are integer data type. Int can be short int, int or long int and size can be 2, 4, 4 or 2, 2, 4 or 2, 4, 8 bytes based on the compiler and machine where as char is always one byte. One more difference is by default char is unsigned and int is a signed if not specified explicitly.

answer Feb 27, 2017 by Salil Agrawal
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