Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Data-Type in visual basic


The data type of variable and constant indicates what type of information will be the stored in the allocated memory space: perhaps a name, a dollar amount, a date or a total. If none of the data type is specified the default data type is variant. Following are some data types and there use:
Integer:
Integer data type can store any whole numbers with in the range -32,768 to 32,767.
String:
String is also the most commonly used data type which can store Alphabetical data like letters, digits, and other characters.
Variant:
Variant data type is default data type which can store the any kind of data like Integer, String, and Object etc.
Currency:
Currency stores Decimal fractions, such as dollars and cents.
Date:
The date is also a data type which stores eight-character date.
Double:
Double-precision floating-point numbers with 14 digits of accuracy.
Long:
Larger whole number.