Data Types In Java

Data type in java can be of 8 basic type and these data types are called as primitive data types. The Following table contains the primitive data types.

Data Type	Size	Description
Boolean	1 Bit	Can be either true or false
Char	16 Bits	Can be single character enclosed with single ‘.
Byte	8 Bits	Integers between -128 to 12
Short	16 Bits	Integers between -32768 to 32767
Int	32 Bits	Integers between -2147483648 to 2147483647
Long	64 Bits	Integers between -9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807
Float	32 Bits	Single precision numbers in the range 3.4e-38 to 3.4e38
Double	64 Bits	Double precision number in the range from 1.7e-308 to 1.7e308