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Karthick M
Karthick M

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Day-4 Data Types

Data types

Data types is type of information or data stored in a variable (like Numbers, character, true/false etc..)
2 types of data types

  • Primitive data type
  • Non - primitive data type

1. Primitive date type
Byte - 1 byte
Sort - 2 byte
Int - 4 byte
Long - 8 byte
Float - 2 byte
Double. - 4 byte
Char. - 1 byte
Boolean - 1 bit

1 bit = 8 bit

Range of primitive data types

Byte - 1 byte - 8 bit
Sort - 2 byte - 16 bit
Int - 4 byte - 32 bit
Long - 8 byte _ 64 bit
Float. - 2 byte - 16 bit
Double. - 4 byte -16 bit
Char. - 1 byte - 8 bit
Boolean - 1 bit- 1 bit

*2. Non - primitive Data types *
String

  • String values will be inside the " " (double quotation)
  • String can store any text. Eg.- Names → "John" Sentences → "I love programming" Numbers as text → "12345" Symbols → "@#$%" Addresses → "New York, USA"
  • String stores the multiple char " ".

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