type declaration character

A character appended to a variable name to specify the variable’s data type. For example, Table G-6 lists the type declaration characters in Actuate Basic.

Table G-6  Type declaration characters 

Character	Data type
%	Integer
&	Long
!	Single
#	Double
@	Currency
$	String

Related terms

Actuate Basic, character, Currency data type, data type, Double data type, Integer data type, Long data type, Single data type, string, String data type, variable

Contrast with

semantic type

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