short Java Keyword

The short is a keyword defined in the java programming language. Keywords are basically reserved words which have specific meaning relevant to a compiler in java programming language likewise the short keyword indicates the following :  

-- short is a Java primitive type.
-- A short type of  variable may store a 16−bit signed integer.
-- there is a wrapper class corresponding to a short primitive type which is known as the Short class. 
-- The Short wrapper class the defines MIN_VALUE and MAX_VALUE constants.
-- These constants represents the range of values for this type compatible with the short class according to the compiler compatability.
-- Please note that all the integer literals in Java programming language are 32−bit integer values unless they are followed by l or L as in 235L, this indicates that the value should be interpreted as a long.

Examples to use the Keyword short  to declare variables within a class

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ismail
February 24, 2012
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