Rust Data Types

Variables are used to represent reserved memory locations that is used to store values, when we create a variable we are a suppose to allocate some memory space for that variable. Rust is a statically typed programming language. This means that variables always have a specific type. Every variable have data type associated to it, data type for a variable defines –

• The amount of memory space allocated for variables.

• A data type specifies the possible values for variables.

• The operations that can be performed on variables.

In Rust, data types are categorized into following two category –

• Primitive Types (Built-In)
• Custom Types

Rust has following primitive data types –

• Numbers
• Boolean
• Characters
• String
• Array
• Slice
• Tuple

Rust has following custom data types –

• Structure
• Enumeration