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The document provides an overview of data types in C#, categorizing them into value, reference, and pointer types. It details the predefined and user-defined value data types, including their memory sizes and ranges, as well as the structure and enumeration types. Additionally, it explains reference data types and pointers, including their declaration and usage.

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The document provides an overview of data types in C#, categorizing them into value, reference, and pointer types. It details the predefined and user-defined value data types, including their memory sizes and ranges, as well as the structure and enumeration types. Additionally, it explains reference data types and pointers, including their declaration and usage.

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C# - Data Types

Data types specify the type of data that a valid C# variable can hold. C# is a
strongly-typed language. It means we must declare the type of a variable that
indicates the kind of values it is going to store, such as integer, float, decimal,
text, etc.

There are 3 types of data types in C# language.

Types Data Types

Value Data Type short, int, char, float, double, struct,


enum, null

Reference Data Type String, Class, Object, Interface and array

Pointer Data Type Pointers

Value Data Type


The value data types are integer-based and floating-point based. C# language supports
both signed and unsigned literals.

There are 2 types of value data type in C# language.


1) Predefined Data Types - such as Integer, Boolean, Float, double etc.
2) User defined Data Types - such as Structure, Enumerations, etc.

1) Predefined Data Types: The memory size of data types according to 32 bit operating
system.

Data Memory Range


Types Size

Char 1 byte -128 to 127

signed char 1 byte -128 to 127

unsigned 1 byte 0 to 127


char

Short 2 byte -32,768 to 32,767


signed short 2 byte -32,768 to 32,767

unsigned 2 byte 0 to 65,535


short

Int 4 byte -2,147,483,648 to -2,147,483,647

signed int 4 byte -2,147,483,648 to -2,147,483,647

unsigned int 4 byte 0 to 4,294,967,295

Long 8 byte ?9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to


9,223,372,036,854,775,807

signed long 8 byte ?9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to


9,223,372,036,854,775,807

unsigned 8 byte 0 - 18,446,744,073,709,551,615


long

Float 4 byte 1.5 * 10-45 - 3.4 * 1038, 7-digit precision

Double 8 byte 5.0 * 10-324 - 1.7 * 10308, 15-digit precision

Decimal 16 byte at least -7.9 * 10?28 - 7.9 * 1028, with at least


28-digit precision

int myNum = 5; // Integer (whole number)


double myDoubleNum = 5.99D; // Floating point number
char myLetter = 'D'; // Character
bool myBool = true; // Boolean

string myText = "Hello"; // String

2) User defined Data Types


Structure: In C#, struct is the value type data type that represents data structures.
It can contain a parameterized constructor, static constructor, constants, fields,
methods, properties, indexers, operators, events, and nested types.

struct Coordinate
{
public int x;
public int y;
}
enum: enum (or enumeration type) is used to assign constant names to a
group of numeric integer values. It makes constant values more
readable, for example, WeekDays.Monday is more readable then number 0
when referring to the day in a week.

An enum is defined using the enum keyword, directly inside a namespace,


class, or structure. All the constant names can be declared inside the
curly brackets and separated by a comma.

Example:
enum WeekDays
{
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
}

Reference Data Type


The reference data types do not contain the actual data stored in a variable, but they
contain a reference to the variables.

If the data is changed by one of the variables, the other variable automatically reflects
this change in value.

There are 2 types of reference data type in C# language.

1) Predefined Types - such as Objects, String.

2) User defined Types - such as Classes, Interface.


Pointer Data Type
The pointer in C# language is a variable, it is also known as locator or indicator that
points to an address of a value.

Symbols used in pointer

Symbol Name Description

& (ampersand sign) Address operator Determine the address of a variable.

* (asterisk sign) Indirection operator Access the value of an address.

Declaring a pointer
The pointer in C# language can be declared using * (asterisk symbol).
1. int * a; //pointer to int
2. char * c; //pointer to char

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