Primitives in C# : Data Type « Data Type « C# / CSharp Tutorial

Type                Primitive                   Description                            Range
bool                System.Boolean              Boolean                                true or false

byte                System.Byte                 8-bit integer                          0 to 255

char                System.Char                 16-bit Unicode character               /u0000 to /uffff

decimal             System.Decimal              128-bit decimal                        (+/-)1.0  10^-28 to (+/-)7.9  10^28, with 28 to 29 digits of precision

double              System.Double               64-bit floating point                  -1.79769313486232e308 to 1.79769313486232e308

float               System.Single               32-bit floating point                  (+/-)1.5  10^-45 to (+/-)3.4  10^38, with 7 digits of precision

int                 System.Int32                32-bit unsigned integer                -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647

long                System.Int64                64-bit integer                         -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807

sbyte               System.SByte                8-bit integer                          -128 to 127

short               System.Int16                16-bit integer                         -32,768 to 32,767

string              System.String               not applicable                         String is an immutable variable length string.

uint                System.UInt32               32-bit unsigned integer                0 to 4,294,967,295

ulong               System.UInt64              64-bit unsigned integer                0 to 18,446,744,073,709,551,615

ushort              System.UInt16               16-bit unsigned integer                0 to 65,535

2.1.Data Type
	2.1.1.	C#'s Value Types
	2.1.2.	The C# Value Types
	2.1.3.	Converting Numeric Strings to Their Internal Representation
	2.1.4.	Literals
	2.1.5.	Primitives in C#
	2.1.6.	System Types and C# Shorthand
	2.1.7.	Data type default value
	2.1.8.	The differences between int and double.
	2.1.9.	Explicit numeric conversions
	2.1.10.	Convert numeric types explicit to 'smaller' types
	2.1.11.	System.Int32 value
	2.1.12.	UInt16.MaxValue/MinValue
	2.1.13.	System.UInt16 value
	2.1.14.	bool: False/True string
	2.1.15.	ulong: Max/Min value
	2.1.16.	Parsing strings to create data types
	2.1.17.	Parsing strings to create data types: int
	2.1.18.	Parsing strings to create data types: char
	2.1.19.	CTS Types and Aliases
	2.1.20.	Specifying Literal Values
	2.1.21.	Data type Functionality
	2.1.22.	Default values for primitive types
	2.1.23.	Data Declarations
	2.1.24.	Using new to create intrinsic data types
	2.1.25.	Default Value Comparison
	2.1.26.	Modular calculation for int, double, decimal and