Can you create a long double variable in C#?

Question

Thanks!

I just switched from C++ to C# and am reading a book on it. But in the data types it lists, it doesn't mention about the long double, which C++ has. Or is it the same as double?

Answer 1

What are you trying to do?

Double is for floating point numbers
Long is for integers.

If you have a positive integer you can use ulong which will allow you to deal with numbers about twice as large as a long.

ulong myVar;

Answer 2

No, there is no long double. You can choose from the following data types
long (for whole number - 32 bits)
float (floating point numbers - 32 bits)
double (double precision for floating point numbers - 64 bits)
decimal (monetary values - 128 bits 28 significant figures)

Hope this helped.

Answer 3

There is no such thing as a long double. Double is a double precision (64-bit) floating point number.