Scalar Data Types
Scalar Data Types
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Scalar Data Types Built-in scalar data types.

## Description

These are the data types available in the OpenCL C programming language used to create kernels that are executed on OpenCL device(s). The OpenCL C programming language (also referred to as OpenCL C) is based on the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 C language specification (a.k.a. C99 specification) with specific extensions and restrictions. Please refer to the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 specification for a detailed description of the language grammar. This section describes modifications and restrictions to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 supported in OpenCL C.

Most built-in scalar data types are also declared as appropriate types in the OpenCL API (and header files) that can be used by an application. The following table describes the built-in scalar data type in the OpenCL C programming language and the corresponding data type available to the application:

Type in OpenCL C Language | Description | API type for application
--- | --- | ---
bool | A conditional data type which is either `true` or `false`. The value `true` expands to the integer constant 1 and the value `false` expands to the integer constant 0. When any scalar value is converted to bool, the result is 0 if the value compares equal to 0; otherwise, the result is 1. | n/a
char | A signed two's complement 8-bit integer. | cl_char
    unsigned char,
    uchar
| An unsigned 8-bit integer. | cl_uchar
short | A signed two's complement 16-bit integer. | cl_short
    unsigned short,
    ushort
| An unsigned 16-bit integer. | cl_ushort
int | A signed two's complement 32-bit integer. | cl_int
    unsigned int,
    uint
| An unsigned 32-bit integer. | cl_uint
long | A signed two's complement 64-bit integer. | cl_long
    unsigned long,
    ulong
| An unsigned 64-bit integer. | cl_ulong
float | A 32-bit floating point. The float data type must conform to the IEEE 754 single precision storage format. | cl_float
double | A 64-bit floating point. The double data type must conform to the IEEE 754 double precision storage format. The double scalar type is an optional type that is supported if `CL_DEVICE_DOUBLE_FP_CONFIG` for a device is not zero. See the table for `param_name` for clGetDeviceInfo for details. | cl_double
half | A 16-bit float. The half data type must conform to the IEEE 754-2008 half precision storage format. | cl_half
size_t | The unsigned integer type of the result of the sizeof operator. This is a 32-bit unsigned integer if `CL_DEVICE_ADDRESS_BITS` defined in clGetDeviceInfo is 32-bits and is a 64-bit unsigned integer if `CL_DEVICE_ADDRESS_BITS` is 64-bits. | n/a
ptrdiff_t | A signed integer type that is the result of subtracting two pointers. This is a 32-bit signed integer if `CL_DEVICE_ADDRESS_BITS` defined in clGetDeviceInfo is 32-bits and is a 64-bit signed integer if `CL_DEVICE_ADDRESS_BITS` is 64-bits. | n/a
intptr_t | A signed integer type with the property that any valid pointer to void can be converted to this type, then converted back to pointer to void, and the result will compare equal to the original pointer. This is a 32-bit signed integer if `CL_DEVICE_ADDRESS_BITS` defined in table 4.3 is 32-bits and is a 64-bit signed integer if `CL_DEVICE_ADDRESS_BITS` is 64-bits. | n/a
uintptr_t | An unsigned integer type with the property that any valid pointer to void can be converted to this type, then converted back to pointer to void, and the result will compare equal to the original pointer. This is a 32-bit signed integer if `CL_DEVICE_ADDRESS_BITS` defined in table 4.3 is 32-bits and is a 64-bit signed integer if `CL_DEVICE_ADDRESS_BITS` is 64-bits. | n/a
void | The void type comprises an empty set of values; it is an incomplete type that cannot be completed. | void

## Optional Half Floating Point

The half floating-point is supported as an optional extension. An application that wants to use half and halfn will need to include the #pragma OPENCL EXTENSION cl_khr_fp16 : enable directive. This will extended the list of built-in vector and scalar data types to include the following:

Type in OpenCL Language | Description | API type for application
--- | --- | ---
half2 | A 2-component half-precision floating-point vector. | cl_half2
half3 | A 3-component half-precision floating-point vector. | cl_half3
half4 | A 4-component half-precision floating-point vector. | cl_half4
half8 | An 8-component half-precision floating-point vector. | cl_half8
half16 | A 16-component half-precision floating-point vector. | cl_half16

The relational, equality, logical and logical unary operators can be used with half scalar and halfn vector types and shall produce a scalar int and vector shortn result respectively.

The OpenCL compiler accepts an h and H suffix on floating point literals, indicating the literal is typed as a half.

## Specification

OpenCL Specification

## Also see

Macros and Limits, Vector Data Types, Reserved Data Types, Other Data Types, Abstract Data Types, Enumerated Data Types, cl_khr_fp16, cl_khr_fp64

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