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The byte keyword in Java programming language

The byte keyword in Java programming language

In this tutorial, we will discuss the byte keyword in Java programming language

The “byte” Java keyword is used to declare a variable as a numeric type. A byte value can hold 8 bits (a byte holds eight bits signed integer) an integer number of the primitive data type. This ranges from -128 to 127.

Varaible declaration

The byte keyword can be used to declare a variable in Java

syntax

The syntax of byte keyword for variable declaration

byte <variable_name>=<integer_value>;

Example

This is an example for the variable declaration of byte keyword

byte month=19;  //or
byte value='c'  //The number 99 is the value for 'c'(small) in ASCII

Method declaration

The byte keyword can be used to declare a return type method in Java

public byte getMyAge(){
return 28;
}

Here is an Example

Program 1

public class Byte_example{

  public static void main(String args[]){
  int age=18;
  System.out.print("my age is :");
  System.out.println(age);
  
  
  }
}

 

When the above code is executed, it produces the following results

 

my age is :18

 

Program 2

Find ASCII value using byte

public class Byte_example1{

  public static void main(String args[]){
  int find_ASCII_1='c';
  int find_ASCII_2='C';
  System.out.println("Find ASCII value of C :"+find_ASCII_2);
  System.out.print("Find ASCII value of c :"+find_ASCII_1);
  
  
  }
}

 

When the above code is executed, it produces the following results

Find ASCII value of C :67
Find ASCII value of c :99

 

There are other Java language keywords that are similar to this keyword

The short keyword in Java

The long keyword in Java

The double keyword in Java

The float keyword in Java

The boolean keyword in java

The char keyword in Java

The void keyword in Java

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