C# supports a very similar range of basic types to C++, including int, long, float, double, char, string, arrays, structs and classes.

However, don't assume too much. The names may be familiar, but many of the details are different. For example, a long is 64 bits in C#, whereas in C++ the size of a long depends on the platform (typically 32 bits on a 32-bit platform, 64 bits on a 64-bit platform). Also classes and structs are almost the same in C++ - this is not true for C#. Finally, chars and strings in .NET are 16-bit (Unicode/UTF-16), not 8-bit like C++.

Answered by Raksha , an ibibo Master, at 8:23 AM on June 17, 2008

well;
C# supports a very similar range of basic types to C++, including int, long, float, double, char, string, arrays, structs and classes.

However, don't assume too much. The names may be familiar, but many of the details are different. For example, a long is 64 bits in C#, whereas in C++ the size of a long depends on the platform (typically 32 bits on a 32-bit platform, 64 bits on a 64-bit platform). Also classes and structs are almost the same in C++ - this is not true for C#. Finally, chars and strings in .NET are 16-bit (Unicode/UTF-16), not 8-bit like C++.

Answered by Romi , an ibibo Master, at 6:31 PM on June 03, 2008

Hi,

C# supports a very similar range of basic types to C++, including int, long, float, double, char, string, arrays, structs and classes.

However, don't assume too much. The names may be familiar, but many of the details are different.

For example, a long is 64 bits in C#, whereas in C++ the size of a long depends on the platform (typically 32 bits on a 32-bit platform, 64 bits on a 64-bit platform).

Also classes and structs are almost the same in C++ - this is not true for C#. Finally, chars and strings in .NET are 16-bit (Unicode/UTF-16), not 8-bit like C++.

Answered by Ajay Pal , an ibibo Master, at 3:00 PM on June 02, 2008

well Radhe, C# supports a very similar range of basic types to C++, including int, long, float, double, char, string, arrays, structs and classes. However, don't assume too much. The names may be familiar, but many of the details are different. For example, a long is 64 bits in C#, whereas in C++ the size of a long depends on the platform (typically 32 bits on a 32-bit platform, 64 bits on a 64-bit platform). Also classes and structs are almost the same in C++ - this is not true for C#. Finally, chars and strings in .NET are 16-bit (Unicode/UTF-16), not 8-bit like C++.

For more information:
http://www.devel operiq.com/ articles/2008/apr/28/advance-t opics -net-interview-part2/

Answered by satyaiitk , an ibibo Master, at 11:31 AM on June 02, 2008

well;
C# supports a very similar range of basic types to C++, including int, long, float, double, char, string, arrays, structs and classes.

However, don't assume too much. The names may be familiar, but many of the details are different. For example, a long is 64 bits in C#, whereas in C++ the size of a long depends on the platform (typically 32 bits on a 32-bit platform, 64 bits on a 64-bit platform). Also classes and structs are almost the same in C++ - this is not true for C#. Finally, chars and strings in .NET are 16-bit (Unicode/UTF-16), not 8-bit like C++.

Answered by kishore , an ibibo Master, at 1:29 AM on June 02, 2008

C# supports a very similar range of basic types to C++, including int, long, float, double, char, string, arrays, structs and classes. However, don’t assume too much. The names may be familiar, but many of the details are different. For example, a long is 64 bits in C#, whereas in C++ the size of a long depends on the platform (typically 32 bits on a 32-bit platform, 64 bits on a 64-bit platform). Also classes and structs are almost the same in C++ - this is not true for C#. Finally, chars and strings in .NET are 16-bit (Unicode/UTF-16), not 8-bit like C++.

Answered by MAXI , an ibibo Specialist, at 5:57 AM on May 31, 2008

C# has a unified type system. This unified type system is called Common Type System (CTS).

A unified type system implies that all types, including primitives such as integers, are subclasses of the System.Object class. For example, every type inherits a ToString() method. For performance reasons, primitive types (and value types in general) are internally allocated on the stack.


Categories of Data Types
CTS separates datatypes into two categories:

Value Type
Reference Type
While value types are those in which the value itself is stored by allocating memory on the stack, reference types are those in which only the address to the location where the value is present, is stored. Value types include integers (short, long), floating-point numbers (float, double), decimal (a base 10 number used for financial calculations), structures, enumerators, booleans and characters while reference types include objects, strings, classes, interfaces and delegates.

Answered by Sharad Singh , an ibibo Master, at 8:18 PM on May 30, 2008

C# supports a very similar range of basic types to C++, including int, long, float, double, char, string, arrays, structs and classes. However, don't assume too much. The names may be familiar, but many of the details are different. For example, a long is 64 bits in C#, whereas in C++ the size of a long depends on the platform (typically 32 bits on a 32-bit platform, 64 bits on a 64-bit platform). Also classes and structs are almost the same in C++ - this is not true for C#. Finally, chars and strings in .NET are 16-bit (Unicode/UTF-16), not 8-bit like C++.

For more information, visit the link given below-
http://www.developeriq .com/ articles/2008/apr/28/advance-t opics -net-interview-part2/

Answered by Shobhit , an ibibo Master, at 8:07 PM on May 30, 2008

C# supports a very similar range of basic types to C++, including int, long, float, double, char, string, arrays, structs and classes. However, don't assume too much. The names may be familiar, but many of the details are different. For example, a long is 64 bits in C#, whereas in C++ the size of a long depends on the platform (typically 32 bits on a 32-bit platform, 64 bits on a 64-bit platform). Also classes and structs are almost the same in C++ - this is not true for C#.

Answered by Om Prakash , an ibibo Master, at 6:27 PM on May 30, 2008

C# supports a very similar range of basic types to C++, including int, long, float, double, char, string, arrays, structs and classes. However, don't assume too much. The names may be familiar, but many of the details are different. For example, a long is 64 bits in C#, whereas in C++ the size of a long depends on the platform (typically 32 bits on a 32-bit platform, 64 bits on a 64-bit platform). Also classes and structs are almost the same in C++ - this is not true for C#. Finally, chars and strings in .NET are 16-bit (Unicode/UTF-16), not 8-bit like C++.

For more information, visit the link given below-
http://www.developeriq.com/ articles/2008/apr/28/advance-topics -net-interview-part2/

Answered by Nagendra , an ibibo Master, at 6:01 PM on May 30, 2008