Variable and Constant types

A data type simply tells the scripting language how to handle the data that is contained in a variable or constant. For example, a string type contains alphanumeric characters surrounded by single quotes while an integer type contains whole numbers.

strMyName:='John Doe';

intMyCounter=:1001;

Below are the data types used in the scripting language:

•Char : can contain any of the characters belonging to the ASCII alphabet.

•String: can contain any character sequence with a length from 1 to 255.

•Boolean: can contain the two logic values true or false.

•Float: can contain every decimal value between ±2.9*10-38  and ±1.7*10+38.

•Integer: can contain all the whole relative values between -32768 and +32767.

•Hex: can contain all the values into hexadecimal scale.