Android How to Program, 3/e

L Primitive Types

Fig. L.1 Java primitive types.

Type	Size in bits	Values	Standard
boolean	true or false
[Note: A boolean’s representation is specific to the Java Virtual Machine on each platform.]
char	16	'\u0000' to '\uFFFF' (0 to 65535)	(ISO Unicode character set)
byte	8	–128 to +127 $(-2^7{\text{ to 2}}^7-1)$
short	16	–32,768 to +32,767 $(-2^{15}{\text{ to 2}}^{15}-1)$
int	32	–2,147,483,648 to +2,147,483,647 $(-2^{31}{\text{ to 2}}^{31}-1)$
long	64	–9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to +9,223,372,036,854,775,807 $(-2^{63}{\text{ to 2}}^{63}-1)$
float	32	Negative range: –3.4028234663852886E+38 to –1.40129846432481707e–45 Positive range: 1.40129846432481707e–45 to 3.4028234663852886E+38	(IEEE 754 floating point)
double	64	Negative range: –1.7976931348623157E+308 to –4.94065645841246544e–324 ...