What is the maximum value an int and uint can store

Question

I need to understand a couple of things:

1. What is the maximum value an int and uint can store?
2. Are the maximum values stored in int and uint the same?

Answer 1

• An uint is short for uint256, so it can store 2^256 values - because it's unsigned the maximum value is 2^256-1 (zero needs one space). What is the maximum input value for function uint256 parameter?
• An int is short for int256 and it can store the same amount of values - because it's signed the maximum (positive) value is 2^256 / 2 - 1.

So the maximum values of uint and int are not the same. They have the same amount of values but int needs to store values also for negative numbers.

You can find more details at: Max/min values of standard data types

Answer 2

It works as same as other programming languages.

uint can store 2^256-1 numbers.

int store half of it. e.g. 2^256/2-1 numbers.

Int8 — [-128 : 127]
Int16 — [-32768 : 32767]
Int32 — [-2147483648 : 2147483647]
Int64 — [-9223372036854775808 : 9223372036854775807]
Int128 — [-170141183460469231731687303715884105728 : 170141183460469231731687303715884105727]
Int256 — [-57896044618658097711785492504343953926634992332820282019728792003956564819968 : 57896044618658097711785492504343953926634992332820282019728792003956564819967]


UInt8 — [0 : 255]
UInt16 — [0 : 65535]
UInt32 — [0 : 4294967295]
UInt64 — [0 : 18446744073709551615]
UInt128 — [0 : 340282366920938463463374607431768211455]
UInt256 — [0 : 115792089237316195423570985008687907853269984665640564039457584007913129639935]

Answer 3

Don’t trust verify

Here is how much uint8 can store in decimals: 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 or 2^256

2^7 * 1 + 2^6 * 1 + 2^5 * 1 + 2^4 * 1 + 2^3 * 1 + 2^2 * 1 + 2^1 * 1 + 2^0 * 1 
= 2^8 - 1
= 255

By the same token, uint256 can store in decimals:

2^256 - 1
= 115792089237316195423570985008687907853269984665640564039457584007913129639935

Answer 4

Scientific notation of the max value of uint256, since it is sometimes easier to reason with:

Raw Value 115792089237316195423570985008687907853269984665640564039457584007913129639935

Scientific Notation: 1.15792089237320006134268624010 × 10^77 Or 1.15792089237320006134268624010e+77