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Macro Language Data Types

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In the Macro Language, all variables and literals have a type, and every built-in function or user-defined function returns a value of a specific type.

 

The 3 data types are:

 

Boolean

Variables of this type have only 2 possible values: true or false.

Integer

Integer variables can take the value of any 32-bit number, which is the range from –2.147.483.648 to 2.147.483.647. Note that dates are treated as integers.

String

Variables of this type represent text. Note that any raw text used must be enclosed in single quotes (the code line sName=Olivier will cause a compiler message, while sName='Olivier' will compile fine).

 

Whenever possible, there are built-in functions to convert a value from one data type to another (eg. transforming the number 88 into the string '88').

 

See also: literals, type conversion functions and dates as integers.

 


Topic 108110, last updated on 18-Apr-2020