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Character Types. The char data type is used to store a single character. The character must be surrounded by single quotes, like 'A' or 'c': ... Tutorials References Exercises Videos Menu Login GetCertified WebsiteNEW ProNEW HTML CSS JAVASCRIPT SQL PYTHON PHP BOOTSTRAP HOWTO W3.CSS JAVA JQUERY C C++ C# R React    Darkmode Darkcode × Tutorials HTMLandCSS LearnHTML LearnCSS LearnRWD LearnBootstrap LearnW3.CSS LearnColors LearnIcons LearnGraphics LearnSVG LearnCanvas LearnHowTo LearnSass DataAnalytics LearnAI LearnMachineLearning LearnDataScience LearnNumPy LearnPandas LearnSciPy LearnMatplotlib LearnStatistics LearnExcel XMLTutorials LearnXML LearnXMLAJAX LearnXMLDOM LearnXMLDTD LearnXMLSchema LearnXSLT LearnXPath LearnXQuery JavaScript LearnJavaScript LearnjQuery LearnReact LearnAngularJS LearnJSON LearnAJAX LearnAppML LearnW3.JS Programming LearnPython LearnJava LearnC LearnC++ LearnC# LearnR LearnKotlin LearnGo LearnDjango LearnTypeScript ServerSide LearnSQL LearnMySQL LearnPHP LearnASP LearnNode.js LearnRaspberryPi LearnGit LearnAWSCloud WebBuilding CreateaWebsiteNEW WhereToStart WebTemplates WebStatistics WebCertificates WebDevelopment CodeEditor TestYourTypingSpeed PlayaCodeGame CyberSecurity Accessibility DataAnalytics LearnAI LearnMachineLearning LearnDataScience LearnNumPy LearnPandas LearnSciPy LearnMatplotlib LearnStatistics LearnExcel LearnGoogleSheets XMLTutorials LearnXML LearnXMLAJAX LearnXMLDOM LearnXMLDTD LearnXMLSchema LearnXSLT LearnXPath LearnXQuery × References HTML HTMLTagReference HTMLBrowserSupport HTMLEventReference HTMLColorReference HTMLAttributeReference HTMLCanvasReference HTMLSVGReference GoogleMapsReference CSS CSSReference CSSBrowserSupport CSSSelectorReference Bootstrap3Reference Bootstrap4Reference W3.CSSReference IconReference SassReference JavaScript JavaScriptReference HTMLDOMReference jQueryReference AngularJSReference AppMLReference W3.JSReference Programming PythonReference JavaReference ServerSide SQLReference MySQLReference PHPReference ASPReference XML XMLDOMReference XMLHttpReference XSLTReference XMLSchemaReference CharacterSets HTMLCharacterSets HTMLASCII HTMLANSI HTMLWindows-1252 HTMLISO-8859-1 HTMLSymbols HTMLUTF-8 × ExercisesandQuizzes Exercises HTMLExercises CSSExercises JavaScriptExercises SQLExercises MySQLExercises PHPExercises PythonExercises NumPyExercises PandasExercises SciPyExercises jQueryExercises JavaExercises C++Exercises C#Exercises RExercises KotlinExercises GoExercises BootstrapExercises Bootstrap4Exercises Bootstrap5Exercises GitExercises Quizzes HTMLQuiz CSSQuiz JavaScriptQuiz SQLQuiz MySQLQuiz PHPQuiz PythonQuiz NumPyQuiz PandasQuiz SciPyQuiz jQueryQuiz JavaQuiz C++Quiz C#Quiz RQuiz KotlinQuiz XMLQuiz BootstrapQuiz Bootstrap4Quiz Bootstrap5Quiz CyberSecurityQuiz AccessibilityQuiz Courses HTMLCourse CSSCourse JavaScriptCourse FrontEndCourse SQLCourse PHPCourse PythonCourse NumPyCourse PandasCourse DataAnalyticsCourse jQueryCourse JavaCourse C++Course C#Course RCourse XMLCourse CyberSecurityCourse AccessibilityCourse Certificates HTMLCertificate CSSCertificate JavaScriptCertificate FrontEndCertificate SQLCertificate PHPCertificate PythonCertificate DataScienceCertificate Bootstrap3Certificate Bootstrap4Certificate jQueryCertificate JavaCertificate C++Certificate ReactCertificate XMLCertificate × Tutorials References Exercises PaidCourses Spaces Videos Shop Pro C++Tutorial C++HOME C++Intro C++GetStarted C++Syntax C++Output PrintText NewLines C++Comments C++Variables DeclareVariables DeclareMultipleVariables Identifiers Constants C++UserInput C++DataTypes BasicDataTypes Numbers Booleans Characters Strings C++Operators Arithmetic Assignment Comparison Logical C++Strings Strings Concatenation NumbersandStrings StringLength AccessStrings UserInputStrings OmittingNamespace C++Math C++Booleans BooleanValues BooleanExpressions C++Conditions if else elseif Shorthandif..else C++Switch C++WhileLoop WhileLoop Do/WhileLoop C++ForLoop C++Break/Continue C++Arrays Arrays ArraysandLoops OmitArraySize GetArraySize MultidimensionalArrays C++Structures C++References CreateReferences MemoryAddress C++Pointers CreatePointers Dereferencing ModifyPointers C++Functions C++Functions C++FunctionParameters Parameters/Arguments DefaultParameter MultipleParameters ReturnValues PassByReference PassArrays C++FunctionOverloading C++Recursion C++Classes C++OOP C++Classes/Objects C++ClassMethods C++Constructors C++AccessSpecifiers C++Encapsulation C++Inheritance Inheritance MultilevelInheritance MultipleInheritance AccessSpecifiers C++Polymorphism C++Files C++Exceptions C++HowTo AddTwoNumbers C++Examples C++Examples C++Compiler C++Exercises C++Quiz C++Certificate C++CharacterDataTypes ❮Previous Next❯ CharacterTypes Thechardatatypeisusedtostorea singlecharacter.Thecharactermustbe surroundedbysinglequotes,like'A'or'c': Example charmyGrade='B'; cout<