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Numeric types in C#

C# offers multiple numeric types, for integer data types and non-integer data types.

Type	Description	Minimum Value	Maximum Value
`byte`	Unsigned byte	0	255
`sbyte`	Signed byte	-128	127
`short`	Signed byte	-32 768	32 767
`ushort`	Unsigned byte	0	65 535
`int`	Signed byte	-2 147 483 648	2 147 483 647
`uint`	Unsigned byte	0	4 294 967 295
`long`	Signed byte	-9x10⁸	9x10⁸
`ulong`	Unsigned byte	0	1,8x10¹⁹

All non-integer data types are signed.

Type	Description	Scale	Precision
`float`	Single Precision Number	±1.5x10^-45 to ±3.4x10³⁸	7 digits
`double`	Double Precision Number	±5x10^-324 to ±1.7x10³⁰⁸	15 or 16 digits
`decimal`	Decimal Number	±10^-28 to ±7.9x10²⁸	28 or 29 digits

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