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Type-Declaration Suffixes
 
Append one of the following type-declaration suffixes to the variable name:
%, &, !, #, @, $
 
The dollar sign ($) is the type-declaration character for string variables.
You can assign a string constant of up to 32,767 characters to a string
variable.
 
Numeric-variable names can declare integer values (denoted by the % suffix),
long-integer values (denoted by the & suffix), single-precision values
(denoted by the ! suffix), double-precision values (denoted by the # suffix),
or currency values (denoted by the @ suffix).
 
Single-precision is the default for variables without a type suffix.
 
There is no type-declaration character for a user-defined type.
 
See Also    ◄BASIC Data Types►
            ◄Elementary Data Types - Numeric►