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Type Characters


Siebel VB permits the use of special characters as the suffix to the name of a function, variable, or constant. The character defines the data type of the variable or function, and operates as a de facto declaration. The type characters are shown in Table 3.

Table 3. Data Type Suffix Characters
Data Type
Suffix

Dynamic String

$

Integer

%

Long Integer

&

Single-precision floating-point

!

Double-precision floating-point

#

Currency (exact fixed point)

@

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