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Ashwin vijay
Ashwin vijay

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what are primitive data types in java?

Types of data

1. byte
size:1 byte
Default value:0
Description:Small integer(-128 to 127)
Eg:byte b=100;
2. short

size:2 bytes
Default value:0
Description:Medium integer(-32768 to 32,767)
Eg:short s=10000;
3. int
size:4 bytes
Default value:0
Description:Standard integer(-2^31 to 2^31)
Eg:int i=100000;
4. long
size:8 bytes
Default value:0L
Description:Large integer(-2^63 to 2^63)
eg:long l=10000000000L

5. float
size:4 bytes
Default value:0.0f
Description:Decimal number(single precision)(−3.4×10^38 to + 3.4×10^38)
eg:float f=5.75f
6. double
size:8 bytes
Default value:0.0d
Description:Decimal number (double precision)(−1.8*10^308 to 1.8*10^308)
Eg:double d=19.99
7. char
size:2 bytes
Default value:'\u0000'
Description:Single Unicode character
Eg:char c='A'
8. boolean
size:1 bytes
Default value:false
Description:True or False
Eg:boolean flag=true

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