I was wondering if someone could tell me the value range for different floating point data types....
float, double, & Decimal....minimum value to maximum value


what i mean by that is... for instance

sbyte = Integer between −128 and 127
byte = Integer between 0 and 255
ushort = Integer between 0 and 65535




Would really appreciate your guys help!!























well this is what i found of microsoft site:



float
1.175494351 E – 38
3.402823466 E + 38
double
2.2250738585072014 E – 308
1.7976931348623158 E + 308




which i'm not sure.... ehhh, so max value of a double is approx 309 with a decimal? Like you can only store a variable with double datatype as 309 with decimal as max value....? What about variables that need a higher value then 309?
Not really sure i understand it properly....

forgot to say:



float
1.175494351 E – 38 (minimum value)
3.402823466 E + 38 (Maximum Value)
double
2.2250738585072014 E – 308 (minimum value)
1.7976931348623158 E + 308 (maximum value)

short answer: use double, not float, and it can store most values of practical importance.

technical answer: it's scientific notation. E + 308 means times 10^308. but because of precision, not every value in that range can be stored. i believe it follows the IEEE format: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-precision_floating-point_format

hmmm ok thanks so much man


what about decimal datatype?

read the documentation.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.decimal.aspx