Summary of LotusScript® data types
LotusScript® recognizes the following scalar (numeric and string) data types:
| Data type |
Value range |
Size |
|---|---|---|
| Boolean |
0 (False) or -1 (True) |
2 bytes |
| Byte Unsigned short integer |
0 to 255 |
1 byte |
| Integer Signed short integer |
-32,768 to 32,767 |
2 bytes |
| Long Signed long integer |
-2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647 |
4 bytes |
| Single Single-precision floating-point |
-3.402823E+38 to 3.402823E+38 |
4 bytes |
| Double Double-precision floating-point |
-1.7976931348623158E+308 to 1.7976931348623158E+308 |
8 bytes |
| Currency Fixed-point integer scaled to 4 decimal places |
-922,337,203,685,477.5807 to 922,337,203,685,477.5807 |
8 bytes |
| String |
Limited by available memory |
2 bytes/ character |
LotusScript® also supports the following data types and data structures:
| Data type or structure |
Description |
Size |
|---|---|---|
| Array |
A set of elements having the same data type. An array can comprise up to 8 dimensions whose subscript bounds can range from -32,768 to 32,767. |
Dynamic or global (public) arrays limited by available memory |
| List |
A one-dimensional set whose elements have the same data type and are referred to by name rather than by subscript. |
Limited by available memory |
| Variant |
A special data type that can contain a value of any scalar value, array, list, or object reference. Variants can also hold Boolean and date/time values. |
16 bytes |
| User-defined data type |
A set of elements of possibly disparate data types. Comparable to a record in Pascal or a struct in C. |
Limited to 64K bytes |
| User-defined class |
A set of elements of possibly disparate data types together with procedures that operate on them. |
|
| Object reference |
A pointer to an OLE Automation object or an instance of a product-defined class or user-defined class, or an object reference to a Java™ Object. |
4 bytes |