December 2001
Beginner
976 pages
22h 4m
English
Content preview from Visual Basic® .NET by Example
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Numeric Data Types
The Visual Basic language defines the numeric types as described in Table 6.1.
| Name | Size | Value Range and Description |
|---|---|---|
| Byte | 1 byte | 0 to 255. An unsigned byte. |
| Short | 2 bytes | –32,768 to 32,767. Integer value. |
| Integer | 4 bytes | –2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647. Integer value. |
| Long | 8 bytes | –9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807. Integer value. |
| Decimal | 12 bytes | +/–79,228,162,514,264,337,593, 543,950,335 with no decimal point; +/–7.9228162514264337593543950335 with 28 places to the right of the decimal; smallest non-zero number is +/–0.0000000 000000000000000000001. |
| Single | 4 bytes | 3.402823E38 to –1.401298E-45 for negative values; 1.401298E-45 to 3.402823E38 for positive ... |
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