Data Types

Data type is another way of saying what kind of information you are using.

Data, or information, is divided into two basic types: letters and numbers.

Data stored as letters is known as string data.

Numbers are numbers. But, numbers can be further divided into different sub-types:

Decimal	Non-Decimal
Single Double	Byte Integer Long Boolean* Currency* Date*

 

*Even though these are handled differently in the program, they are actually stored as non-decimal numbers in memory.