Type | byte | |
Dimension | 8 bit (1 byte) | |
Domain | the set of integer numbers in the interval [- 27, + 27 - 1] = [- 128, + 127] | |
Operations | + | sum |
- | difference | |
* | product | |
/ | integer division | |
% | rest of the integer division | |
Literals | sequences of digits denoting values of the domain (e.g., 47) |
Example:
byte a, b, c; // Declaration of variables of type byte a = 1; // Use of literals b = Byte.parseByte("47"); // Conversion from String to byte c = a - b; // Arithmetic expression