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Const (computer programming)

In some programming languages, .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}const is a type qualifier (a keyword applied to a data type) that indicates that the data is read-only. While this can be used to declare constants, const in the C family of languages differs from similar constructs in other languages in that it is part of the…

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Const (computer programming)

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Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022472
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type constant value object variable const pointer data use languages types example code may used part thus cannot pointers functions

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containersinstance ofbut also for composite data types or templated types0.80text
Javainstance ofand is not available in many other object-oriented languages0.80text
Cinstance ofand is not available in many other object-oriented languages0.80text

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