The following table shows which Data format, available in PowerBSORT, corresponds to the Data type, available in Visual Basic.
Data type | Data format | 1996 | -1996 | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
String | asc | 3139393620 | 2D31393936 | Character String type |
Byte | asc | -- | -- | Byte type |
Integer | fbl | CC07 | 34F8 | Integer |
Long | fbl | CC070000 | 34F8FFFF | Long integer |
Single | ifl | 0080F944 | 0080F9C4 | Single precision floating point number |
Double | ifl | 0000000000309F40 | 0000000000309FC0 | Double precision floating point number |
Currency | -- | C090300100000000 | 406FCFFFFFFFFFFF | Currency |
Date | -- | 0000000000309F40 | 00000000000309FC0 | Date |
Boolean | -- | -- | -- | Boolean |
Variant | -- | -- | -- | Variant |
Data type | The number of bytes | Range of values |
|---|---|---|
String | 2 bytes per Japanese character or 1 byte per character | 0 - Approximately 65,500 bytes |
Byte | 1 byte | 0 - 255 |
Integer | 2 bytes | -32,768 - 32,767 |
Long | 4 bytes | -2,147,483,648 - 2,147,483,647 |
Single | 4 bytes | -3.402823E38 - -1.401298E-45 (Negative value) |
1.401298E-45 - 3.402823E38 (Positive value) | ||
Double | 8 bytes | -1.79769313486231E308 - -4.94065645841247E-324 (Negative value) |
4.94065645841247E-324 - 1.79769313486231E308 (Positive value) | ||
Currency | 8 bytes | -922,337,203,685,477.5808 - 922,337,203,685,477.5807 |
Date | 8 bytes | 1/1/100 - 12/31/9999 |
Boolean | 2 bytes | True or False |
Variant | 16 bytes In case of character strings, 1 byte per character | ---------- |
Data type:Visual Basic
Data format:PowerBSORT
