Delphi Basics : SmallInt command

DelphiBasics

SmallInt
Type

An Integer type supporting values from -32768 to 32767

System unit

type SmallInt = -32768..32767;

Description

The SmallInt type is a 16 bit sized signed Integer.

To hold larger integers, use the Integer , LongInt (both 32 bits) or the Int64 (64 bits) types.

Related commands

Byte		An integer type supporting values 0 to 255
Cardinal		The basic unsigned integer type
Int64		A 64 bit sized integer - the largest in Delphi
Integer		The basic Integer type
LongInt		An Integer whose size is guaranteed to be 32 bits
LongWord		A 32 bit unsigned integer
ShortInt		An integer type supporting values -128 to 127
Word		An integer type supporting values 0 to 65535

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Example code : Showing the capacity of SmallInt

var
  min, max : SmallInt;
begin
  // Set the minimum and maximum values of this data type
  min := Low(SmallInt);
  max := High(SmallInt);
  ShowMessage('Min smallint value = '+IntToStr(min));
  ShowMessage('Max smallint value = '+IntToStr(max));
end;

Show full unit code

Min smallint value = -32767
Max smallint value = 32768