C Data Types: Range & Size
December 29, 2009
We have already discussed the Data Types in C in the previous tutorial.
The following Chart will give you the range & sizes of all the data types in C Language along with their Type Modifiers.
Data Type |
Range |
Bytes |
|---|---|---|
| signed char | -128 to + 127 | 1 |
| unsigned char | 0 to 255 | 1 |
| short signed int | -32768 to +32767 | 2 |
| short unsigned int | 0 to 65535 | 2 |
| signed int | -32768 to +32767 | 2 |
| unsigned int | 0 to 65535 | 2 |
| long signed int | -2147483648 to +2147483647 | 4 |
| long signed int | -2147483648 to +2147483647 | 4 |
| long unsigned int | 0 to 4294967295 | 4 |
| float | -3.4e38 to +3.4e38 | 4 |
| double | -1.7e308 to +1.7e308 | 8 |
| long double | -1.7e4932 to +1.7e4932 | 10 |
This Chart will help you in greater extent in finding the exact range & size of the data types in C Language.
