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C++ LANGUAGE typedef declarations

typedef Declarations 


You can create a new name for an existing type using typedef. 
Following is the simple syntax to define a new type using typedef: 

typedef type newname;  

For example, the following tells the compiler that feet is another name for int: 

typedef int feet; 

Now, the following declaration is perfectly legal and creates an integer variable called distance: 

feet distance;