Rules for constructing Integer constant
| No |
Rule |
Integer |
| 1 |
Decimal |
Point Not Allowed |
| 2 |
Sign |
Positive or Negative |
| 3 |
Default Sign |
Positive |
| 4 |
No of Digits |
At least 1 |
| 5 |
Min Value |
-32768 |
| 6 |
Max Value |
+32767 |
Some important Tips :
- The range of the integer constant depends on the compiler. The above mentioned range is for 16-bit compiler.
- Integer Value does not have decimal point.
- Integer Value may be positive or negative. even 0 is also considered as Integer.
- Integer Constant Value is assigned to integer variable.
- Arithmetic Operations can be performed on Integer Value such as addition,subtraction,multiplication and division.
- 2 bytes in memory is allocated for Integer Value

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Examples of integer constants :
- Whole Numbers
- Real Numbers i.e 10,-10,0