Summary of LotusScript data types

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

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