Use typedef to create your own types. The below C example should help:
#include <stdio.h>
typedef char myChar;
typedef float myFloat;
void main()
{
// Scalars
myChar ch = 'A';
myFloat pi = 3.14f;
printf("The first letter of the alphabet is '%c'.\n", ch);
printf("The rounded value of PI is %.2f.\n", pi);
// Arrays
myFloat floats[10] = { 1.1f, 1.2f, 1.3f, 1.4f, 1.5f, 1.6f, 1.7f, 1.8, 1.9, 2.0f };
myChar myChars[13] = { 'H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o', ' ', 'W', 'o', 'r', 'l', 'd', '!', '\0' };
printf("A float array: ");
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
if (i > 0)
printf(", ");
printf("%.2f", floats[i]);
}
printf("\nA character array: %s\n", myChars);
}