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                              BASIC Data Types
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 Suffix    Data Type          Size of Data          Range
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   %       INTEGER                 2 bytes           -32,768 to 32,767
 
   &       LONG integer            4 bytes           -2,147,483,648 to
                                                     2,147,483,647
 
   !       SINGLE precision        4 bytes           -3.402823E38 to
           floating point                            -1.40129E-45 for
                                                     negative values;
                                                     1.40129E-45 to
                                                     3.402823E38 for
                                                     positive values
 
                                                     When compiling with
                                                     /Fpa: -3.402823E38
                                                     to -1.175494E-38 for
                                                     negative values;
                                                     1.175494E-38 to
                                                     3.402823E38 for
                                                     positive values
 
   #       DOUBLE precision        8 bytes           -1.79769313486231D308
           floating point                            to -4.94065D-324 for
                                                     negative values;
                                                     4.94065D-324 to
                                                     1.79769313486231D308
                                                     for positive values
 
                                                     When compiling with
                                                     /Fpa:
                                                     -1.79769313486231D308
                                                     to
                                                     -2.2250738585072D-308
                                                     for negative values;
                                                     2.2250738585072D-308
                                                     to
                                                     1.79769313486231D308
                                                     for positive values.
 
   @       Scaled integer          8 bytes           -922337203685477.5808
           (CURRENCY)                                to 922337203685477.5807
 
   $       Variable-length         4 bytes per       0 to 32,767 bytes
           STRING                  descriptor,
                                   1 byte per
                                   string character
 
   $       Fixed-length            Number of bytes   0 to 32,767 bytes
           string (STRING*num)     specified
 
  None     Record variable         Number of bytes
           (user-defined)          required by
                                   elements
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 The data type names accepted in AS type declarations are in bold
 upper-case letters.
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See Also  ◄Elementary Data Types - String►  ◄Declaring Simple Variables►
          ◄Elementary Data Types - Numeric► ◄Declaring Array Variables►
          ◄User-Defined Data Types►         ◄Variable Storage and Memory Use►
          ◄ISAM Data Types►                 ◄Type Conversion►
          ◄Scope Rules►