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uint

The uint keyword denotes an integral type that stores values according to the size and range shown in the following table.

Type Range Size NGWS Type
uint 0 to 4,294,967,295 Unsigned 32-bit integer System.UInt32

Literals

You can declare and initialize a variable of the type uint like this example:

uint myUint = 4294967290;

When an integer literal has no suffix, its type is the first of these types in which its value can be represented: int, uint, long, ulong. In this example, it is uint.

You can also use the suffix u or U, like this:

uint myUint = 123U;

When you use the suffix U or u, the literal type is determined to be either uint or ulong according to its size. In this example, it is uint.

Conversions

There is a predefined implicit conversion from uint to long, ulong, float, double, or decimal. For example:

float myFloat = 4294967290;   // OK: implicit conversion to float

There is a predefined implicit conversion from byte, ushort, or char to uint. Otherwise you must use a cast. For example, if you have a long variable, myLong, the following assignment statement will produce a compilation error without a cast:

long myLong = 22;
uint myUint = myLong;        // Error: no implicit conversion from long
uint myUint = (uint)myLong;  // OK: explicit conversion

Notice also that there is no implicit conversion from floating-point types to uint. For example, the following statement generates a compiler error unless an explicit cast is used:

uint x = 3.0;         // Error: no implicit conversion from double
uint y = (uint)3.0;   // OK: explicit conversion

For information on arithmetic expressions with mixed floating-point types and integral types, see float and double.

For more information on implicit numeric conversion rules, see the Implicit Numeric Conversions Table.

See Also

C# Keywords | Integral Types Table | Built-in Types Table | Implicit Numeric Conversions Table | Explicit Numeric Conversions Table