Delphi Basics : ShortInt command

DelphiBasics

ShortInt
Type

An integer type supporting values -128 to 127

System unit

type ShortInt = -128..127;

Description

The ShortInt type is the smallest form of signed integer, occupying 8 bits (1 byte) of storage.

It supports only the integers from -128 to 127.

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
SmallInt		An Integer type supporting values from -32768 to 32767
Word		An integer type supporting values 0 to 65535

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Example code : Showing the maximum and minimum values

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

Show full unit code

Min short int value = -128
Max short int value = 127