ADVANCED TOPICS IN COMPILER DESIGN
CODE GENERATION FOR OBJECT ORIENTED LANGUAGES
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Question
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Which data type would be MOST appropriate for storing the initial of a person’s first name?
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character
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string
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integer
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real
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Person name is a standard XDM data type that describes the full name of a person. As conventions for name structures differ widely across languages and cultures, names should always be modeled using this datatype.
Detailed explanation-2: -Names and email addresses are always of the type string, while numbers can be stored as a numerical type or as string since a string is a set of characters including digits.
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