The following table shows the sizes and ranges of the integral types, which constitute a subset of simple types.
| Type |
Range |
Size |
| sbyte |
-128 to 127 |
Signed 8-bit integer |
| byte |
0 to 255 |
Unsigned 8-bit integer |
| char |
U+0000 to U+ffff |
Unicode 16-bit character |
| short |
-32,768 to 32,767 |
Signed 16-bit integer |
| ushort |
0 to 65,535 |
Unsigned 16-bit integer |
| int |
-2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647 |
Signed 32-bit integer |
| uint |
0 to 4,294,967,295 |
Unsigned 32-bit integer |
| long |
-9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 |
Signed 64-bit integer |
| ulong |
0 to 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 |
Unsigned 64-bit integer |
Remarks
If the value represented by an integer literal exceeds the range of ulong, a compilation error will occur.
See Also
C# Keywords | Built-in Types Table | Floating-Point Types Table | Default Values Table | Formatting Numeric Results Table | Types Reference Tables