Missing Variable Types ...?

Being relatively new to VB (previous experience in PowerBasic and C/C++) I was wondering why certain data types are not supported, such as Word, DWord, Quad Integer, Extended Precision, etc.

Are there any current work-arounds which will allow for the same (or similar) functionality?

Lastly, are future releases of VB slated to incorporate these additional data types?

Any and all help/comments would be greatly appreciated.

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Thanks in advance for your help.

Andrew

You have Variant, which really is *****.
You have Integer, which is 2 bytes; a word.
You have Long, which is 4 bytes; a Dword.
You have Single, which is 4 bytes.
You have Double, which is 8 bytes.
You have Byte, which is 1 byte.
You have Currency, which is 8 bytes.

There are others; the point is you have all you need.

That is not correct HaxSoft ...

For example:

a Long Integer spans -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,648

while a DWord spans 0 to 4,294,967,295

One is signed and the other is not. To my knowledge, VB does not support unsigned variable types. Which brings me back to my original post ...

Andrew

You can store an unsigned DWORD in a byte array.

Quote:

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Originally posted by Joacim Andersson
You can store an unsigned DWORD in a byte array.

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Can you post an example on how to do this.

Thanks.

Andrew

Code:

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Dim bDWORD(3) As Byte

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If you really need a higher positive integer value than what a VB Long can give you, please send me the code requriment that you have and I will try to give you a solution.