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Java primitive data type comparison table

Subject	use	use for	require	see also	is a kind of	store	is an instance of
boolean	== operator			boolean^2			Java primitive data type
byte	basic arithmetic operators +, -, *, / and %	textual data which is to be exposed to the end user	8 bits	byte^2			Java primitive data type
char	basic arithmetic operators +, -, *, / and %			Character			Java primitive data type
double	basic arithmetic operators +, -, *, / and %			double^2		a double-precision floating-point number	Java primitive data type
float	basic arithmetic operators +, -, *, / and %			float^2		a floating point number	Java primitive data type
int	basic arithmetic operators +, -, *, / and %		32 bits	Integer			Java primitive data type
long			64 bits		Java primitive data type	an integer
short			16 bits		Java primitive data type	an integer

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