VB.Net Tutorial/Data Type/Short

MinValue and MaxValue of Short

<source lang="vbnet">public class Test

  public Shared Sub Main
              Dim sNum As Short
              Console.WriteLine("Short: " & sNum.MinValue & " to " & sNum.MaxValue)
  End Sub

End class</source>

Short: -32768 to 32767

Short Overflow

<source lang="vbnet">Module Module1

   Sub Main()
       Dim Value As Short = 32767
       Value = Value + 1
   End Sub

End Module</source>

Unhandled Exception: System.OverflowException: Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow.
   at Module1.Main()