Char

Part of the Fundamentals section of Coddy's C++ journey. Lesson 9 of 74.

A char is a single character (For example: 1, 6, %, b, p, ., T, etc.)

The char type is a special type that consists of a single character.

To initialize a char value in a variable, enclose it within single quotation marks:

char c1 = 'h';

In the above example, a char variable named c1 is initialized.

Challenge

Beginner

Store the char B in a variable named initial.

Try it yourself

    // Type your code below
    char initial = ?;

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