Specifications

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Java™ Programming Language Module 3, slide 15 of 37
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Integral – byte, short, int, and long
The integral primitives have the following characteristics:
• Integral primates use three forms: Decimal, octal, or
hexadecimal
• Literals have a default type of int.
• Literals with the suffix L or l are of type long.
2 The decimal form for the integer 2.
077 The leading 0 indicates an octal value.
0xBAAC The leading 0x indicates a hexadecimal value.