VB datatypes size

Question

In VB 6,is there any way to get the variable size greater than Long? I have to display the data which is exceeding the size of Long on the same page?

Answer 1

Very similar to this question on VB6 data types. Here are some options from the VB6 manual topic on data types

Type	Description	Size	Min	Max	Notes
Long	Long Integer	4 bytes	-2,147,483,648	2,147,483,647
Single	Single-precision floating-point	4 bytes	-3.402823E38 (negative values) 1.401298E-45 (positive values)	-1.401298E-45 (negative values) 3.402823E38 (positive values)	About 6 or 7 significant figures accuracy.
Double	Double-precision floating-point	8 bytes	-1.79769313486231E308 (negative values) 4.94065645841247E-324 (positive values)	-4.94065645841247E-324 (negative values) 1.79769313486232E308 (positive values)	About 15 or 16 significant figures accuracy.
Currency	Scaled integer	8 bytes	-922,337,203,685,477.5808	922,337,203,685,477.5807
Decimal		14 bytes	+/- 79,228,162,514,264,337,593,543,950,335 (no decimal point)	+/- 7.9228162514264337593543950335 (with 28 places to the right of the decimal)	Smallest non-zero number is +/-0.0000000000000000000000000001

Answer 2

The Currency data type.

It is 8 bytes and supports values in the range -922,337,203,685,477.5808 to 922,337,203,685,477.5807.

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