A6: A
character (char) is a basic data type that represents a single character from
the character set, which includes letters, digits, symbols, and control
characters.
Characters
are classified into four categories:
Alphabetic
Characters: It includes uppercase and lowercase
alphabets.
e.g. char cLetter =
'A'; char sLetter = 'b';
Numeric
Characters: These characters represent digits from 0 to
9.
e.g. char digit =
'7';
Special
Characters: It includes various symbols, punctuation
marks, and whitespace characters.
e.g. char dollar = '$';
Escape
Sequences: They are combination of backslash ‘\’ and a
lowercase alphabet to represent non-printable char.
e.g. char tab1 =
'\t';
