Java Programming/Keywords/byte
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byte
is a keyword which designates
the 8 bit signed integer primitive type.
The java.lang.Byte
class is the nominal
wrapper class when you need to store a byte
value
but an object reference is required.
Syntax:
byte
<variable-name> = <integer-value>;
For example:
Computer code
byteb=65;
or
Computer code
byteb='A';
The number 65 is the code for 'A' in ASCII.
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