Simple Types

Simple types represent types that cannot be divided into more basic elements and are the model for representing elementary data on machine level. Basic memory unit in mikroBasic PRO for 8051 has 16 bits.

Here is an overview of simple types in mikroBasic PRO for 8051:

Type	Size	Range
bit	1–bit	0 or 1
sbit	1–bit	0 or 1
byte, char	8–bit	0 .. 255
short	8–bit	-128 .. 127
word	16–bit	0 .. 65535
integer	16–bit	-32768 .. 32767
longword	32–bit	0 .. 4294967295
longint	32–bit	-2147483648 .. 2147483647
float, double	32–bit	±1.17549435082 * 10^-38 .. ±6.80564774407 * 10³⁸

You can assign signed to unsigned or vice versa only using the explicit conversion. Refer to Types Conversions for more information.

Want more examples and libraries?
Find them on