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Data Types in Java

Every variable in java has a data type. Data types specify the size and type of
values that can be stored in an identifier. Java language is rich in its data
types. The variety of data types available allow the programmer to select the type
appropriate to the need of the application.

In java, data types are classified into two categories:

Primitive Data type or Intrinsic or built-in data type


Non-Primitive Data type or derived or reference data type
Primitive Data Type: In Java, the primitive data types are the predefined data
types of Java. They specify the size and type of any standard values. Java has 8
primitive data types namely byte, short, int, long, float, double, char and
boolean. When a primitive data type is stored, it is the stack that the values will
be assigned. When a variable is copied then another copy of the variable is created
and changes made to the copied variable will not reflect changes in the original
variable. Here is a Java program to demonstrate all the primitive data types in
Java.

Integer: This group includes byte, short, int, long

byte : It is 1 byte(8-bits) integer data type. Value range from -128 to 127.
Default value zero. example: byte b=10;
short : It is 2 bytes(16-bits) integer data type. Value range from -32768 to 32767.
Default value zero. example: short s=11;
int : It is 4 bytes(32-bits) integer data type. Value range from -2147483648 to
2147483647. Default value zero. example: int i=10;
long : It is 8 bytes(64-bits) integer data type. Value range from -
9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807. Default value zero.
example: long l=100012;
Example:

public class Demo {


public static void main(String[] args)
{
// byte type
byte b = 20;
System.out.println("b= " + b);

// short type
short s = 20;
System.out.println("s= " + s);

// int type
int i = 20;
System.out.println("i= " + i);

// long type
long l = 20;
System.out.println("l= " + l);
}
}

Output
b= 20
s= 20
i= 20
l= 20
Floating-Point Number:

This group includes float, double


float : It is 4 bytes(32-bits) float data type. Default value 0.0f. example: float
ff=10.3f;
double: It is 8 bytes(64-bits) float data type. Default value 0.0d. example: double
db=11.123;

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