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Section 18.12 Summary

In this chapter, we learned that:

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For each function call, there is a separate area in memory created for the parameters passed to the function and for the function’s local variables.

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Variables declared in functions are known as local variables. That is, their scope is limited to the duration of the function being executed.

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Each variable is stored in form and using a number of bytes that is pre-defined and compiler-dependent. This means that roundoff errors can (and will) occur and that there are limits to the size of numbers that can be represented in a given data type.

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