Data types
ACLScript supports four basic data types: logical, numeric, character, and datetime.
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Character | A series of one or more characters. | 32,767 bytes | Single quotation marks, or double quotation marks |
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Numeric | Numeric values contain digits from 0 to 9 and, optionally, a negative sign and a decimal point. | 22 digits | No qualifier |
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Datetime | A date, datetime, or time value expressed in a supported format. |
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Logical | The simplest data type. Logical data expresses a truth value of either true or false. Comparison operators such as '=', '>', and '<' return logical values. |
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No qualifier | ASSIGN v_truth = 5 > 4 evaluates to T |