Here is a listing of the available data types and a short description of each. An 8 bit unsigned integer ranging in value from 0 to 255. Longword a 32 bit signed integer ranging in value from approximately minus 2 billion to plus 2 billion. Double A double precision floating point number. Complex A real-imaginary pair of floating numbers.
Complex numbers are useful for signal processing and frequency domain filtering.
A sequence of characters from 0 to 32767 digits in length. An aggregation made from the basic data types, other structures, and arrays. Arrays can be made from any of the basic types as well as from structures. Arrays are accessed using a subscript of the range 0 to size of the array. This page maintained by the Office of Information Technology Help Desk.