L. Primitive Types Figure L.1. Primitive types.Type | Size in bytes | Value range |
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SByte | 1 | 128 to 127, inclusive | Byte | 1 | 0 to 255, inclusive | Boolean | 2 | true or False | Char | 2 | 0 to 65,535, inclusive (representing the Unicode character set) | Short | 2 | 32,768 to 32,767, inclusive | UShort | 2 | 0 to 65,535, inclusive | Integer | 4 | 2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647, inclusive | UInteger | 4 | 0 to 4,294,967,295, inclusive | Single | 4 | negative range: 3.4028235E+38 to 1.401298E-45 positive range: 1.401298E45 to 3.4028235E+38 | Long | 8 | 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807, inclusive | ULong | 8 | 0 to 18,446,744,073,709,551,615, inclusive | Double | 8 | negative range: 1.79769313486231570E+308 to 4.94065645841246544E324 positive range: 4.94065645841246544E324 to 1.79769313486231570E+308 | Date | 8 | 0:00:00 on 1 January 0001 to 23:59:59 on 31 December 9999 | Decimal | 16 | Range with no decimal point: ±79,228,162,514,264,337,593,543,950,335 Range with 28 places to the right of the decimal point: ±7.9228162514264337593543950335 The smallest nonzero number is ±0.0000000000000000000000000001 (±1E28) | String | Depends on platform | up to approximately 2 billion Unicode characters |
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