C# Data Types

Data Types 

 In C# programming language, Data Types are used to define a type of data the variable can hold such as integer, float, string, boolean. in a software application.

C# is a Strongly Typed programming language so before we perform any operation on variables, it’s mandatory to define a variable with required data type to indicate what type of data that variable can hold in a software application.

Syntax of declaring Data Type in C#

[Data Type] [Variable Name];

[Data Type] [Variable Name] = [Value];

From the above syntax, we added a required data type before the variable name to tell the compiler about what type of data the variable can hold or which data type the variable belongs to.

[Data Type] - It’s a type of data the variable can hold such as integer, string, decimal, boolean etc.

[Variable Name] - It’s a name of the variable to hold the values in an application.

[Value] - Assigning a required value to the variable.

Data Types Example using C#

namespace CSharpnaijaDataType

{

    class Program

    {

        static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            int number = 15;

            string name = "Musa Sule";

            double percentage = 15.23;

            char gender = 'M';

            bool isGood = true;

        }

    }

}

Different Data Type in C#

There are basically three different types of Data Type in C# Programming Language, these include

1.  Value Data Type - int, bool, char, double, float, etc

2.  Reference Data Type - string, class, object, interface, delegate, etc

3.  Pointer Data Type - Pointers