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C# short keyword: Here, we are going to learn about the short keyword in C#, what is short keyword, how to use it in C#?
Submitted by IncludeHelp, on March 07, 2019
C# short keyword
In C#, short is a keyword which is used to declare a variable that can store a signed integer value between the range of -32,768 to 32,767. short keyword is an alias of System.Int16.
It occupies 2 bytes (16 bits) space in the memory.
Syntax:
short variable_name = value;
C# code to demonstrate example of short keyword
Here, we are declaring a short variable num, initializing it with the value 12345 and printing its value, type and size of a short type variable.
using System;
using System.Text;
namespace Test
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//variable declaration
short num = 12345;
//printing value
Console.WriteLine("num: " + num);
//printing type of variable
Console.WriteLine("Type of num: " + num.GetType());
//printing size
Console.WriteLine("Size of a short variable: " + sizeof(short));
//printing minimum & maximum value of short
Console.WriteLine("Min value of short: " + short.MinValue);
Console.WriteLine("Max value of short: " + short.MaxValue);
//hit ENTER to exit
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
Output
num: 12345
Type of num: System.Int16
Size of a short variable: 2
Min value of short: -32768
Max value of short: 32767