Template:Data types/doc

This template generates a navigation box for data types.

Usage

This template's initial visibility currently defaults to autocollapse, meaning that if there is another collapsible item on the page (a navbox, sidebar, or table with the collapsible attribute), it is hidden apart from its title bar; if not, it is fully visible.

To change this template's initial visibility, the |state= parameter may be used:

• {{Data types|state=collapsed}} will show the template collapsed, i.e. hidden apart from its title bar.
• {{Data types|state=expanded}} will show the template expanded, i.e. fully visible.

Examples

Some of many special data types are listed below. These are best accessed through the parent articles, e.g., double precision from floating point, etc. Please do not add them to the template without good reason. Use Category:Data types instead.

Specific representations of the abstract integer type:

• signed byte
• unsigned byte
• short integer
• long integer

Already covered by {{Floating-point}}: Specific representations of the abstract floating-point number or numeric type:

• half precision
• single precision
• double precision
• quadruple precision

Specific representations of the abstract "character" type:

• ASCII
• Unicode
• Wide character

Specific representations of the abstract "pointer" type:

• opaque pointer

Specific representations of the abstract executable "subroutine"/"function"/"procedure" type:

• function type
• procedural parameter

These are mathematical concepts, not NOT data types:

• complex number
• rational number
• interval (mathematics)
• matrix (mathematics)
• vector (mathematics)
• tuple

These are data STRUCTURES, NOT data TYPES:

• tree
• graph
• hash table
• linked list
• ...

See also

• {{Floating-point}}
• {{Information units}}, platform-dependent and independent units of information