Explain data types in Scala?

A data type in Scala instructs the compiler about kind of value that needs to be stored in a specific location. In Scala, there are no primitive data types because everything in Scala is treated as an object.

Here are the data types:

• Byte
• Short
• Int
• Long
• Float
• Double
• Char
• String
• Boolean
• AnyRef
• Nothing
• Null
• Unit
• Any