Data Type Group

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Boolean—A true or false value. It uses integer values to represent true and false.

Byte—An 8-bit unsigned integer value.

Currency—Currency variables are stored as 64-bit numbers in an integer format.

Date—The whole part represents the date, while the fractional part is the time of day.

Double—A 64-bit real value.

Integer—A 16-bit integer value.

Long—A 32-bit integer value.

Object—An object reference value.

PortInt—A portable integer value.

Single—A 32-bit real value.

String—An arbitrary-length string value.

String*n—A fixed-length (n) string value. Not supported by Hummingbird Basic.

Variant—An empty, numeric, currency, date, string, object, error code, null, or array value.