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C# Data Types

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4th of June, 2009

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Boolean Types
Declared using the keyword, bool, Boolean Types are simply true or false.

Arrays
Covered in a separate KB Article.

Integral Types

Floating Point and Decimal Types

Strings
Strings are text characters. The following table shows special syntax required for non-printable characters.

Escape Sequence	Meaning
\'	Single Quote
\"	Double Quote
\\	Backslash
\0	Null, not the same as the C# null value
\a	Bell
\b	Backspace
\f	form Feed
\n	Newline
\r	Carriage Return
\t	Horizontal Tab
\v	Vertical Tab

Operators
(The Direction column indicates the direction in which the operators are evaluated. Left means left-to-right and vice versa)

Category (by precedence)	Operator(s)	Direction
Primary	x.y f(x) a[x] x++ x-- new typeof default checked unchecked delegate	left
Unary	+ - ! ~ ++x --x (T)x	left
Multiplicative	* / %	left
Additive	+ -	left
Shift	<< >>	left
Relational	< > <= >= is as	left
Equality	== !=	right
Logical AND	&	left
Logical XOR	^	left
Logical OR	\|	left
Conditional AND	&&	left
Conditional OR	\|\|	left
Null Coalescing	??	left
Ternary	?:	right
Assignment	= *= /= %= += -= <<= >>= &= ^= \|= =>	right

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