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.