Swift Numbers have their own data types.
In Swift some number data types can store larger numbers than others.
Numbers that have a fractional component are treated differently than numbers that are whole numbers.
Integers are whole numbers that may be either positive or negative.
Integers don't have any decimal places.
For example, 1, 2, and -9 are all integers.
Int is used when you don't need to specify a size for the integer.
The following code declares Integers
let i1:Int = 5
var i2 = 7
i1 is an integer constant,
while i2 is an integer variable.
On 32-bit systems Int can store any integer from -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,648.
Swift has the following int type for various size and unsigned integers: Int8 Int16 Int32 Int64 UInt8 UInt16 UInt32, and UInt64.
In these data types, the numbers indicate the size of the integer.
For example, Int8 means 8-bit, which gives you an integer range of -127 to 127.
The data types that have a U as the first character are unsigned
integers. These integers must be positive.
UInt8 gives you a range of 0 to 255.
Floating-point numbers can have decimal places.
An example of a floating-point number is 9.99.
To specify a floating-point number, you can use the Float data type, as shown in the following example.
let f1:Float = 9.99 let f2 = 3.14
If you leave out the data type and include a number with decimal places, Swift will use type inference to figure out the data type as Float data type.
Float is a 32-bit floating-point number, and you should use that when you don't require 64-bit precision.
When you do require 64-bit precision, use the Double data type, as shown in the following code.
let d1:Double = 1.2345