Primitive Data Types

[The Soul]

Primitive Data Types

byte:
memory: 1 byte, 8 bits
value: numeric
range: -128 to 127

short:
memory: 2 bytes, 16 bits
value: numeric
range: -32,768 to 32,767

int:
memory: 4 bytes, 32 bits
value: numeric
range: -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647

long:
memory: 8 bytes, 64 bits
value: numeric
range: -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807

float:
memory: 4 bytes, 32 bits
value: numeric
range: N/A

double:
memory: 8 bytes, 64 bits
value: numeric
range: N/A

boolean:
memory: 1 bit
value: true or false
range: true to false

char:
memory: 2 bytes, 16 bits
value: unicode
range: \u000 to \uffff

[trey]

floats and doubles have a range, they are just ugly, use their wrapper classes' MAX_VALUE field to find them.