C short Keyword
Definition and Usage
The short keyword on its own or when prefixed to int is a data type that is 16 bits
(2 bytes) long which stores whole numbers.
With 16 bits it can store positive and negative numbers with values between -32768 and 32767, or between 0 and 65535 when unsigned.
Related Pages
The unsigned keyword can allow a
short int to represent larger positive numbers by not representing negative
numbers.
Read more about data types in our C Data Types Tutorial.