C++ Setup and First Program
📌 For beginners, using an IDE like Code::Blocks or Dev-C++ is recommended as they integrate the interpreter and compiler.
⚙️ A basic C++ program structure includes library declaration and the main function, which is the starting point for execution.
💬 Outputting text to the console is done using `std::cout` preceded by the stream insertion operator ($<<$).

Data Types in C++
🔢 Numeric types include integers (`int`, `long`) and floating-point numbers (`float`, `double`).
📏 `int` typically uses 4 bytes (32-bit) and can store values up to approximately $2 \times 10^9$; `long` uses 8 bytes (64-bit) for larger integers (up to $\sim 9 \times 10^{18}$).
💧 Floating-point types are `float` (lower precision, $\sim 6-7$ decimal places) and `double` (higher precision, $\sim 14-15$ decimal places).
🧩 Other primary data types covered are character (`char`, 1 byte, 256 values based on ASCII) and boolean (`bool`, stores true/false, represented as 1/0).

Variables and Naming Conventions
✍️ Variables must be declared with a specific data type before use (e.g., `int area;`).
🚫 Naming rules for variables: cannot start with a digit, cannot contain spaces, and cannot match reserved keywords (like `int` or `bool`).
🎯 Variable declaration can be combined with initialization (assignment of the first value), e.g., `int A = 100;`.

Input and Output Operations
⌨️ Input from the console is handled using `std::cin` along with the stream extraction operator ($>>$).
🔠 Multiple variables can be read in a single line using one `std::cin` statement (e.g., `std::cin >> A >> B >> C;`).
🗄️ For printing floating-point numbers with specific decimal precision, use manipulators like `std::fixed` and `std::setprecision(N)` (where N is the desired number of decimal places).

Key Points & Insights
➡️ Understand data type limits (e.g., `int` overflow) to select the correct type (`long` or `double`) for your results.
➡️ Use comments (`//` for single line, `/* ... */` for multiple lines) to explain code logic for future reference.
➡️ Input/Output best practice: Use leading prompts (e.g., `std::cout << "Enter value for A: ";`) before `std::cin` to guide user interaction.

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