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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 6.

Table 6.  Data Type Suffix Characters
Data Type
Suffix
Dynamic String
$
Integer
%
Long Integer
&
Single-precision floating-point
!
Double-precision floating-point
#
Currency (exact fixed point)
@


 Siebel VB Language Reference
 Published: 18 June 2003