What are datatypes in Swift?

The data type of any programming language is a collection of data with variables having fixed meanings as well as distinctiveness. Various types of data types are provided by Swift language. These are:

Integers

Integers are whole numbers with no fractional component, such as 42 and -23. Integers are either signed (positive, zero, or negative) or unsigned (positive or zero). Swift provides signed and unsigned integers in 8, 16, 32, and 64-bit forms. These integers follow a naming convention similar to C, in that an 8-bit unsigned integer is of type UInt8, and a 32-bit signed integer is of type Int32. Like all types in Swift, these integer types have capitalized names. Programmers can access the minimum and maximum values of each integer type with its min and max properties:

Let minValue = UInt8.min // minValue is equal to 0, and is of type UInt8
Let maxValue = UInt8.max // maxValue is equal to 255, and is of type UInt8

Float

This is used to represent a 32-bit floating-point number and numbers with smaller decimal points. For example, 3.14159, 0.6, and -273.158. Swift offers programmers with two floating point number types. These are:

Double: This represents a single bit floating point number. Programmers need to use it when floating point values are very large or particularly precise.
Float: This is used to represent a 32-bit floating point number. Programmers need to use it when floating point values do not require 64 bi precision.

It is to be noted that Double has a precision of at least 15 decimal digits, whereas the precision of Float can be as little as six decimal digits. The appropriate floating-point type to use depends on the nature and range of values you need to work within your code.

Bool

This represents a Boolean value, which is either true or false.

Character

This is a single character string literal. For example, "G"

String

This is an ordered collection of characters as a single unit. For example, "Hello".

Optional

Swift provides another facility where programmers can represent a variable that can hold either a value or no value.