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{"id":4977,"date":"2022-10-07T09:03:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T09:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/?p=4977"},"modified":"2022-10-07T09:03:07","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T09:03:07","slug":"what-is-constant-and-variable-in-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/c\/what-is-constant-and-variable-in-c\/","title":{"rendered":"What is constant and variable in C ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4978 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/difference-between-constants-variable.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"933\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/difference-between-constants-variable.jpg 933w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/difference-between-constants-variable-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/difference-between-constants-variable-768x299.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/difference-between-constants-variable-390x152.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/difference-between-constants-variable-820x319.jpg 820w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 id=\"constant\"><strong>Constant<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A constant is a value or identifier whose value is fixed and does not change, in the entire program.<\/li>\n<li>Constant is similar to a variable but it can hold only a single variable during the execution of program.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ex: <\/strong><strong>const double PI = 3.14;<\/strong><br \/>\nHere,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Const is a identifier<\/li>\n<li>Double is a data type<\/li>\n<li>PI is a constant variable name that takes a value of 3.14.<\/li>\n<li>This value of 3.14 does not change during the entire program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"variable\"><strong>Variable<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Variable is any characteristic, number, or quantity that can be measured or counted.<\/li>\n<li>It is also called as data item.<\/li>\n<li>A Variable is a name or an identifier that can store any values, and those values can be changed at any time during the program.<\/li>\n<li>For example: <strong>int score = 6;<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Here, score is a variable name of integer type that stores the value 6. The value of score can be changed any time during the program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4980 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/constant-vs-variable-in-c-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/constant-vs-variable-in-c-1.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/constant-vs-variable-in-c-1-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/constant-vs-variable-in-c-1-390x215.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Constant A constant is a value or identifier whose value is fixed and does not change, in the entire program. 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