cfloating-pointdoubleprecision
Long Double vs Long Long
I know this may seem too simple of a question but I'm having difficulty wrapping my head around the meaning/implication of double & long. All online resources are giving official definitions. I'm looking for a layman's explanation.
In Short, my question is: What is the difference between a long long, a long double & a long float?
I tried running a quick test (screenshot attached) to see the byte size of each type, but couldn't make sense out of it. How is a long double same size as a double?
Solution
long long is integer (possibly with more range than long)
long double is floating point (possibly with more range/precision than double)
long float does not exist.
The integer types sorted by range are
_Boolcharorsigned charorunsigned charshort(orshort int) orshort unsignedintorunsignedlong(orlong int) orlong unsignedlong long(orlong long int) orlong long unsigned
The floating-point types sorted by range/precision are
floatdoublelong double
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