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Variable-Type Memory Requirements
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AS Type Variable Size
Suffix Name DEFtype Type of Data
% INTEGER DEFINT Integer 2 bytes
& LONG DEFLNG Long integer 4 bytes
! SINGLE DEFSNG Single precision 4 bytes
# DOUBLE DEFDBL Double precision 8 bytes
$ STRING DEFSTR Variable-length Takes 4 bytes for
string descriptor, 1 byte for
each character in string
$ STRING*num Fixed-length Takes num bytes
string
Declared user- Takes as many bytes as
defined type the individual elements
require