int8 - conversion to one byte integer representation
int16 - conversion to 2 bytes integer representation
int32 - conversion to 4 bytes integer representation
uint8 - conversion to one byte unsigned integer representation
uint16 - conversion to 2 bytes unsigned integer representation
uint32 - conversion to 4 bytes unsigned integer representation
converts and stores data two one, two or four bytes integers. These data types are specialy useful to store big objects such as images, long signals,...
int8([1 -120 127 312]) uint8([1 -120 127 312]) x=int32(-200:100:400) int8(x)