Java for Testers – int data type

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In the previous article, I explained different types of data types in Java

In this article, I am going to explain and practically demonstrate the int primitive data type in Java.

Java for Testers – int data type

Integer values like 9, 33, 69, etc. can be stored into a variable which is declared with int data type.

For example:

int a = 9;

In the above example, we have declared the variable a with int data type, and hence we are able to store the integer values like 9 into the variable.

Follow the below steps for practically implementing int data type in Java:

1) Let’s create a Java program and create a Demo class as shown below:

Note: If you are not aware of creating a Java project and a Class in Java, refer to our previous article – Creating a Java project in Eclipse IDE

2) Inside the main() method, let’s create a variable, declare the variable with int data type and assign the variable with an integer value 9 as shown below:

3) Now print the value stored in the variable by printing the variable using the print statement as shown below:

4) Save the Project and click on the ‘Run’ button.

Observe that the Program got executed and the value 9 stored in the variable a got printed as shown below:

Copy the above-explained code from the below section:

public class Demo {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		int a = 9;
		
		System.out.println(a);
		
	}

}

Before concluding this article, I would like to give more details about the int data type in Java.

int is a 32-bit size data type which can store the integer values in the range of – 2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647 (i.e. -2 ^ 31 to 2 ^ 31 -1 )

The default value of an integer variable is 0.

There are other data types in Java which store the integer values i.e. byte, short and long.

The following is the difference between int, byte, short and long data types:

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Though there are different data types in Java which can store integer values, we generally use int data type for storing integer values unless there are memory problems while using them.

I will explain and demonstrate the other integer value storing data types i.e. byte, short and long in the upcoming articles.

Here concludes this article.

In the next article, I will explain and demonstrate the double data type in Java.

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Arun Motoori (www.QAFox.com)

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