Missing Variable Types ...?

[Andrew_P]

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.

Please email me at: ----> [email protected]

Thanks in advance for your help.

Andrew

[HaxSoft]

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.

[Andrew_P]

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

[Joacim Andersson]

You can store an unsigned DWORD in a byte array.

[Andrew_P]

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

Can you post an example on how to do this.

Thanks.

Andrew

[Joacim Andersson]

Dim bDWORD(3) As Byte

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.