For Raspberry Pi with a 32-bit processor
Name C++ Bytes Range
bool 1 true or false
signed char int8_t 1 -128 to 127
unsigned char uint8_t 1 0 to 255
short int int16_t 2 -32768 to 32767
unsigned short int uint16_t 2 0 to 65535
int int32_t 4 -2147483648 to 2147483647
unsigned int uint32_t 4 0 to 4294967295
long int int32_t 4 -2147483648 to 2147483647
unsigned long int uint32_t 4 0 to 4294967295
long long int64_t 8 −9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807
unsigned long long uint64_t 8 0 to 18,446,744,073,709,551,615
float 4 +/- 3.4e +/- 38 (~7 digits)
double 8 +/- 1.7e +/- 308 (~15 digits)
long double 8 +/- 1.7e +/- 308 (~15 digits)
wchar_t 2 or 4 1 wide character
For Raspberry Pi with a 64-bit processor
Name C++ Bytes Range
bool 1 true or false
signed char int8_t 1 -128 to 127
unsigned char uint8_t 1 0 to 255
short int int16_t 2 -32768 to 32767
unsigned short int uint16_t 2 0 to 65535
int int64_t 8 −9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807
unsigned int uint64_t 8 0 to 18,446,744,073,709,551,615
long int int64_t 8 −9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807
unsigned long int uint64_t 8 0 to 18,446,744,073,709,551,615
long long int64_t 8 −9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807
unsigned long long uint64_t 8 0 to 18,446,744,073,709,551,615
float 4 +/- 3.4e +/- 38 (~7 digits)
double 8 +/- 1.7e +/- 308 (~15 digits)
long double 8 +/- 1.7e +/- 308 (~15 digits)
wchar_t 2 or 4 1 wide character
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Comments

  1. Alex

    2 years ago

    That’s why many of my long double C functions did not compile or work for I thought Raspberry Pis would support at least 80-bit floating-point numbers … Thanks so much for your two interesting tables !

  2. Rebekka

    4 years ago

    Hi,
    I have a question about the 64-bit processor. (int till unsigned long int)
    How do you get xxx64_t with 4Bytes ? All the numbers are fitting to 64bit and 8Bytes.
    But which information is correct?
    (If I have a lag of information, maybe others have the same issue, and a short explanation under the sheet would be nice.)

    1. Adam

      4 years ago

      Ooops you’re quite right, of course you don’t! That was a copy and paste typo error I think – corrected now, thanks

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