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char (character, Unicode character)
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char	can be used in a switch statement because a char is an integral type
	can use basic arithmetic operators +, -, *, / and %
	contains 2 bytes
	has size 2 bytes
	is a subtopic of Variables and Data Types
	is a kind of integral value
	see also Character class
	is a synonym of character
	is a synonym of Unicode character
value	if a value is assigned to a variable then the value must have the same type as the variable or the value must have a type that is a subtype of the variable's type
	has a format
	has a size in bytes

Kinds of char :

• carriage return character (4 facts)
• escape character (4 facts)
• line feed character (4 facts)
• null character (5 facts)
• tab character (4 facts)