/* This program will add two floating point numbers and print the result */
#include <stdio.h>

main() {
	/* The following definitions declare that the variable will
	   hold a real number */
	float variable1;
	float variable2;
	float variable3;

	variable1 = 2.0;

	variable2 = 3.0;

	variable3 = variable1 + variable2;

	/* %f is a format identifier. When the compiler encounters 
	   the %f, it stops,
	   goes to the first item after the comma, extracts the value
	   of the variable3 and then prints it as a FLOAT (i.e.:
	   a number with a decimal point.  Then it returns to printing.
	*/
	printf("The sum is %f\n", variable3);

}

/* Try adding these lines:
	printf("the sum of %f and %f is %f\n", variable1, variabl2, variable3)
*/
/* For some real craziness, try adding these lines:
	printf("the sum of %d and %d is %d\n", variable1, variabl2, variable3)
*/