Appendix L. Simple Types

bool

8

true or false

byte

8

0 to 255, inclusive

sbyte

8

128 to 127, inclusive

char

16

'u0000' to 'uFFFF' (0 to 65535), inclusive

Unicode

short

16

32768 to 32767, inclusive

ushort

16

0 to 65535, inclusive

int

32

2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647, inclusive

uint

32

0 to 4,294,967,295, inclusive

float

32

Approximate negative range:

IEEE 754

3.4028234663852886E+38 to

IEC 60559

1.40129846432481707E45

Approximate positive range:

1.40129846432481707E45 to

3.4028234663852886E+38

Other supported values:

positive and negative zero

positive and negative infinity

not-a-number (NaN)

long

64

9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to

9,223,372,036,854,775,807, inclusive

ulong

64

0 to 18,446,744,073,709,551,615, inclusive

double

64

Approximate negative range:

IEEE 754

1.7976931348623157E+308 to

IEC 60559

4.94065645841246544E324

Approximate positive range:

4.94065645841246544E324 to

1.7976931348623157E+308

Other supported values:

positive and negative zero

positive and negative infinity

not-a-number (NaN)

decimal

128

Negative range:

79,228,162,514,264,337,593,543,950,335

(7.9E+28) to 1.0E28

Positive range:

1.0E28 to

79,228,162,514,264,337,593,543,950,335

(7.9E+28)