Primary Data Types

NI IMAQ Function

Primary Data Types

The following table shows the primary data type names and their ranges.

Name    Description Intrinsic Type Range
Int8 8-bit ASCII character char –128 to 127
uInt8 8-bit ASCII character unsigned char 0 to 255
Int16 16-bit signed integer short –32,768 to 32,767
uInt16 16-bit unsigned integer unsigned short 0 to 65,535
Int32 32-bit signed integer long –2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647
uInt32 32-bit unsigned integer unsigned long 0 to 4,294,967,295
Int64 64-bit signed integer long –9,223,372,036,854,762,501 to 9,223,372,036,854,762,499
uInt64 64-bit unsigned integer unsigned long 0 to 18,446,744,073,709,525,000