C# Data Types
Below is a table showing the minium and maximum values (i.e. the range) of the most common data types in C#. These values are based on those found in the MSDN docs. In MSDN some of these values are kinda spread out in various different pages so I've put them together into a single table for easy comparison as I've found the MSDN site pretty slow to browse sometimes.| .NET Type | Integral Type | Range | Size |
| System.Byte | byte | 0 to 255 | unsigned 8bit integer |
| System.SByte | sbyte | -128 to 127 | signed 8bit integer |
| System.Char | char | U+0000 to U+ffff | unicode 16-bit character |
| System.Int16 | short | -32,768 to 32,767 | signed 16-bit integer |
| System.UInt16 | ushort | 0 to 65,535 | unsigned 16-bit integer |
| System.Int32 | int | -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647 | signed 32-bit integer |
| System.UInt32 | uint | 0 to 4,294,967,295 | unsigned 32-bit integer |
| System.Int64 | long | -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 | signed 64-bit integer |
| System.UInt64 | ulong | 0 to 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 | unsigned 64-bit integer |
| System.Single | float | ±1.5 × 10-45 to ±3.4 × 1038 (approx.) | 7 digit precision |
| System.Double | double | ±5.0 × 10-324 to ±1.7 × 10308 (approx.) | 15-16 digit precision |
| System.Decimal | decimal | ±1.0 × 10e-28 to ±7.9 × 10e28 (approx.) | 28-29 significant digits |
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29.05.2006.
