Data Types are the fundamentals for any programming language. Since groovy is a programming language for the Java platform, it is following java syntax. Since it is a scripting language, we can achieve more by writing less lines of codes.
In Java:-
Primitive Data Types:-
In Java:-
Primitive Data Types:-
Data Type
|
Size
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Range
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Usage in Real world
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byte
|
8-bit
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minimum value
of -128 and a maximum value of 127 (inclusive)
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byte b= 127;
System.out.println(b); will print 127 |
short
|
16- bit
|
-32,768 and a
maximum value of 32,767 (inclusive)
|
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int
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32-bit
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-231 and a maximum value of 231-1
|
|
long
|
64-bit
|
-263 and a maximum value of 263-1
|
|
float
|
32-bit IEEE
754 floating point
|
||
double
|
64-bit IEEE
754 floating point
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||
boolean
|
1-bit
|
The boolean data
type has only two possible values: true and false
|
|
char
|
16-bit
Unicode character
|
'\u0000' (or
0) and a maximum value of '\uffff' (or 65,535 inclusive).
|
Data Type
|
Default Value
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byte
|
0
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short
|
0
|
int
|
0
|
long
|
0L
|
float
|
0.0f
|
double
|
0.0d
|
boolean
|
false
|
char
|
'\u0000'
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