Visual Basic 2005 for Programmers: Deitel Developer Series, Second Edition

L. Primitive Types

Figure L.1. Primitive types.

Type	Size in bytes	Value range
SByte	1	–128 to 127, inclusive
Byte	1	0 to 255, inclusive
Boolean	2	True or False
Char	2	0 to 65,535, inclusive (representing the Unicode character set)
Short	2	–32,768 to 32,767, inclusive
UShort	2	0 to 65,535, inclusive
Integer	4	–2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647, inclusive
UInteger	4	0 to 4,294,967,295, inclusive
Single	4	negative range: –3.4028235E+38 to –1.401298E-45 positive range: 1.401298E–45 to 3.4028235E+38
Long	8	–9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807, inclusive
ULong	8	0 to 18,446,744,073,709,551,615, inclusive
Double	8	negative range: –1.79769313486231570E+308 to –4.94065645841246544E–324 positive range: 4.94065645841246544E–324 to 1.79769313486231570E+308
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