CMP Conversion Amanuensis

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Primitives

boolean

char

byte

short

int

long

float

double

Java Primitives
boolean	n/a	1	1	1	false	true	zero/one
char	unsigned Unicode	16	2	4:5	'\u0000' [0] aka Character.MIN_VALUE	'\uffff' [2¹⁶-1] aka Character.MAX_VALUE	Unicode chars are twice as big as C’s.
byte	signed	8	1	2:3	-128 [-2⁷] aka Byte.MIN_VALUE	+127 [2⁷-1]aka Byte.MAX_VALUE	Bytes are signed, so half the usual 255 range.
short	signed	16	2	4:5	-32,768 [-2¹⁵] aka Short.MIN_VALUE	+32,767 [2¹⁵-1] aka Short.MAX_VALUE	32K
int	signed	32	4	9:10	-2,147,483,648 [-2³¹] aka Integer.MIN_VALUE	+2,147,483,647 [2³¹-1] aka Integer.MAX_VALUE	2 gig
long	signed	64	8	18:19	-9,223,372,036,854,775,808 [-2⁶³] aka Long.MIN_VALUE	+9,223,372,036,854,775,807 [2⁶³-1] aka Long.MAX_VALUE	9 exabytes, or 9 billion gig
float	signed exponent and mantissa	32	4	6:7	±1.40129846432481707e-45 aka Float.MIN_VALUE	±3.40282346638528860e+38 aka Float.MAX_VALUE or roughly ±2¹²⁷ with 6 to 7 significant digits of accuracy. A float can exactly represent integers in the range -2²⁴ to +2²⁴.	rough, compact float
double	signed exponent and mantissa	64	8	14:15	±4.94065645841246544e-324 aka Double.MIN_VALUE	±1.79769313486231570e+308 aka Double.MAX_VALUE or roughly ±2¹⁰²³ with 14 to 15 significant digits of accuracy. A double can exactly represent integers in the range -2⁵³ to +2⁵³.	high precision float

Java Primitives

Type

Signed?

Bits

Bytes

Digits

Lowest

Highest

Mnemonic

boolean

n/a

false

true

zero/one

char

unsigned Unicode

4:5

'\u0000' [0] aka Character.MIN_VALUE

'\uffff' [2¹⁶-1] aka Character.MAX_VALUE

Unicode chars are twice as big as C’s.

byte

signed

2:3

-128 [-2⁷] aka Byte.MIN_VALUE

+127 [2⁷-1]aka Byte.MAX_VALUE

Bytes are signed, so half the usual 255 range.

short

signed

4:5

-32,768 [-2¹⁵] aka Short.MIN_VALUE

+32,767 [2¹⁵-1] aka Short.MAX_VALUE

32K

int

signed

9:10

-2,147,483,648 [-2³¹] aka Integer.MIN_VALUE

+2,147,483,647 [2³¹-1] aka Integer.MAX_VALUE

2 gig

long

signed

18:19

-9,223,372,036,854,775,808 [-2⁶³] aka Long.MIN_VALUE

+9,223,372,036,854,775,807 [2⁶³-1] aka Long.MAX_VALUE

9 exabytes, or 9 billion gig

float

signed exponent and mantissa

6:7

±1.40129846432481707e-45 aka Float.MIN_VALUE

±3.40282346638528860e+38 aka Float.MAX_VALUE
or roughly ±2¹²⁷
with 6 to 7 significant digits of accuracy.
A float can exactly represent integers
in the range -2²⁴ to +2²⁴.

rough, compact float

double

signed exponent and mantissa

14:15

±4.94065645841246544e-324 aka Double.MIN_VALUE

±1.79769313486231570e+308 aka Double.MAX_VALUE
or roughly ±2¹⁰²³
with 14 to 15 significant digits of accuracy.
A double can exactly represent integers
in the range -2⁵³ to +2⁵³.

high precision float

Primitives vs Immutable Wrapper Objects

Mutable Primitives	Immutable Objects
boolean	Boolean
ordinary signed byte	Byte
unsigned byte	Byte
short	Short
char	Character
int	Integer
long	Long
float	Float
double	Double
char[]	String

Mutable Primitives

Immutable Objects

boolean

Boolean

ordinary signed byte

Byte

unsigned byte

Byte

short

Short

char

Character

int

Integer

long

Long

float

Float

double

Double

char[]

String

Package	Version	Released	Licence	Language	Notes
Converter	5.2	2008-03-26	free	Java	summary / PAD description / screenshot for the current version of Converter. Show you how to write Java conversion code, e.g. String to double. download Converter source and compiled class files to run on your own machine as an application or Applet. First install the most recent Java. To install, extract the zip download with Winzip, (or similar unzip utility) into any directory you please, often J:\ — ticking off the “user folder names” option. To run as an application,type: java -jar J:\com\mindprod\converter\converter.jar adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is. download ASP PAD XML program description for the current version of Converter. Converter is free. Full source included. You may even include the source code, modified or unmodified in commercial programs that you write and distribute. Non-military use only.

Package

Version

Released

Licence

Language

Notes

Converter

5.2

2008-03-26

free

Java

summary / PAD description / screenshot for the current version of Converter. Show you how to write Java conversion code, e.g. String to double.

download Converter source and compiled class files to run on your own machine as an application or Applet. First install the most recent Java. To install, extract the zip download with Winzip, (or similar unzip utility) into any directory you please, often J:\ — ticking off the “user folder names” option. To run as an application,type:

java -jar J:\com\mindprod\converter\converter.jar

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.
download ASP PAD XML program description for the current version of Converter.

Converter is free. Full source included. You may even include the source code, modified or unmodified in commercial programs that you write and distribute. Non-military use only.