Max range of uint in solidity?

Question

I am writing a smart contract in solidity and I have a question in relation to the range of uint type.

My understanding is that uint is the same as uint256 and the range of this is 0 to 2^256.

I this correct?

Answer 1

Almost got it: a uint256 can contain numbers between 0 and (2^256)-1, inclusive. That's 2^256 different values.

uint is an alias for uint256. I myself like to be explicit, and favor uint256 over uint.

Answer 2

Yes, correct.

Since that is too brief for SE, I'll, there is no point in if(uintA < 0) because it isn't possible. However 0-1 = 2^256-1 so use SafeMath.sol to avoid overflow/underflow conditions or similar nasties around basic math.

Hope it helps.