How can I create my own var type?

How can I create my own var type?

Classes or struct's

The tutorials has info on both.

don't forget enumerations

Okay, but how can I make one like this:

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MyVarName MyVar = 980;

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Instead of like this:

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MyVarName MyVar;
MyVar.StructPart = 980;

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how about a template (I'm not too enlightened on them, so others will have to answer questions about them)

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template <class T>
class MyVarName
{
public:
        MyVarName() {}
        MyVarName(const T& a) {data = a;}
        void operator=(const T& a) {data = a;}


private:
        T data;

};


int main()
{
        MyVarName<int> MyVar1 = 123;
        MyVarName<std::string> MyVar2 = "Hello";
        return 0;
}

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Well, classes are more powerful, and you could have multiple types of data in them, you would overload the = operator. But if you just want to say take a predefined type such as double and call it what you want (for whatever reason) just typedef it.

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;


typedef int My_Int;
typedef double My_Double;


               
int main ()
{


        My_Int var_name_int; //Declares a variable of type My_int (which is just int)
        My_Double var_name_double;
        My_Int my_array[2];


        var_name_int = 5;
        cout << var_name_int << endl;

        var_name_double = 5.55;
        cout << var_name_double << endl;

        my_array[0] = 55;
        my_array[1] = 555;

        cout << my_array[0] + my_array[1] << endl;








system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}

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With typedef you can't really create a new type, but you can create a new name for an existing type. The following is quite common:

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typedef unsigned long ULONG;  // Define a "new" type called ULONG

ULONG x = 3;  // Define a new variable x, of type ULONG
ULONG y = 4;  // Define a new variable y, of type ULONG

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Thanks guys, thats what was looking for.