8.1. Compound values¶
Most of the data types we have been working with represent a single
value—an integer, a floating-point number, a boolean value.
strings are different in the sense that they are made up of
smaller pieces, the characters. Thus, strings are an example of a
compound type.
Depending on what we are doing, we may want to treat a compound type as a single thing (or object), or we may want to access its parts (or instance variables). This ambiguity is useful.
It is also useful to be able to create your own compound values. C++ provides two mechanisms for doing that: structures and classes. We will start out with structures and get to classes in Chapter [class] (there is not much difference between them).
Q-1: Strings are made up of smaller pieces (the characters). This makes strings an example of a _____ type.
Q-2: One of the mechanisms for creating your own compound values is structures. What is the other?
- integer
- Try again!
- string
- Correct!
- floating-point number
- Try again!
- boolean value
- Try again!
Q-3: Which is different from the others because it is does not represent a single, value-in integer?