VB .NET data types

VB .NET data types

There is no Variant data type in VB .NET. There are some other changes to

the traditional VB data types. A new Char type, which is an unsigned 16-bit

type, is used to store Unicode characters. The Decimal type is a 96-bit signed

integer scaled by a variable power of 10.

Here are all the VB .NET data types:

Boolean System.Boolean 4 bytes True or False

Char System.Char 2 bytes 0–65535 (unsigned)

Byte System.Byte 1 byte 0–255 (unsigned)

Object System.Object 4 bytes Any Type

Date System.DateTime 8 bytes 01-Jan-0001 to

31-Dec-9999

Double System.Double 8 bytes +/–1.797E308

Decimal System.Decimal 12 bytes 28 digits

Integer System.Int16 2 bytes –32,768 to 32,767

System.Int32 4 bytes +/–2.147E9

Long System.Int64 8 bytes +/–9.223E18

Single System.Single 4 bytes +/–3.402E38

String System.String CharacterCount 2 billion

* 2 (plus 10 bytes) characters

Data Type	Size in Bytes	Description	Type
Byte	1	8-bit unsigned integer	System.Byte
Char	2	16-bit Unicode characters	System.Char
Integer	4	32-bit signed integer	System.Int32
Double	8	64-bit floating point variable	System.Double
Long	8	64-bit signed integer	System.Int64
Short	2	16-bit signed integer	System.Int16
Single	4	32-bit floating point variable	System.Single
String	Varies	Non-Numeric Type	System.String
Date	8		System.Date
Boolean	2	Non-Numeric Type	System.Boolean
Object	4	Non-Numeric Type	System.Object
Decimal	16	128-bit floating point variable	System.Decimal