Primitive Data Types in Depth

Java Data Types - 16 Cards

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Primitive Data types

Basic data types in Java including integers, booleans, and characters

byte

8-bit integer with a range of -128 to 127

short

16-bit integer with a range of -32,768 to 32,767

int

32-bit integer with a range of -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647

long

64-bit integer with a range of -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807

float

32-bit IEEE 754 floating-point number with a range of approximately 3.4E-38 to 3.4E+38

double

64-bit IEEE 754 floating-point number with a range of approximately 4.9e-324 to 1.8e+308

Typecasting

Process of converting one data type into another

Lossy conversion

Conversion that results in loss of information

Explicit Cast

A type conversion that is explicitly declared by the programmer.

BigDecimal

Java class for precise arithmetic operations on very large or very small numbers

Boolean

Data type that represents true or false values

A "||" operator

Logical operator used for OR operations

A "&&" operator

Logical operator that performs AND operation

Not operator

Represented by the exclamation mark (!) and is used to negate a boolean value

char

Data type that represents a single character