Java How to Program, Early Objects, 11th Edition

D Primitive Types

Fig. D.1

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