Objective-C type encodings

Table 6-1  Objective-C type encodings

Code	Meaning
c	A char
i	An int
s	A short
l	A long l is treated as a 32-bit quantity on 64-bit programs.
q	A long long
C	An unsigned char
I	An unsigned int
S	An unsigned short
L	An unsigned long
Q	An unsigned long long
f	A float
d	A double
B	A C++ bool or a C99 _Bool
v	A void
*	A character string (char *)
@	An object (whether statically typed or typed id)
#	A class object (Class)
:	A method selector (SEL)
[array type]	An array
{name=type...}	A structure
(name=type...)	A union
bnum	A bit field of num bits
^type	A pointer to type
?	An unknown type (among other things, this code is used for function pointers)