Chapter 9. Data Types and Data Formats

This chapter describes the data types supported by RPG IV and their special characteristics. The supported data types are:

• Character Format
• Numeric Data Type
• Graphic Format
• UCS-2 Format
• Date Data Type
• Time Data Type
• Timestamp Data Type
• Object Data Type
• Basing Pointer Data Type
• Procedure Pointer Data Type

In addition, some of the data types allow different data formats. This chapter describes the difference between internal and external data formats, describes each format, and how to specify them.