Data Types Available in VB.
Net
VB.Net provides a wide range of data types. The following table shows all the data
types available:
Data Storage Allocation Value Range
Type
Boolean Depends on True or False
implementing platform
Byte 1 byte 0 through 255 (unsigned)
Char 2 bytes 0 through 65535 (unsigned)
Date 8 bytes 0:00:00 (midnight) on January 1, 0001
through 11:59:59 PM on December 31,
9999
Decimal 16 bytes 0 through +/-
79,228,162,514,264,337,593,543,950,335
(+/-7.9...E+28) with no decimal point; 0
through +/-
7.9228162514264337593543950335 with
28 places to the right of the decimal
Double 8 bytes
-1.79769313486231570E+308 through -
4.94065645841246544E-324, for
negative values
4.94065645841246544E-324 through
1.79769313486231570E+308, for
positive values
Integer 4 bytes -2,147,483,648 through 2,147,483,647
(signed)
Long 8 bytes -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 through
9,223,372,036,854,775,807(signed)
Object 4 bytes on 32-bit Any type can be stored in a variable of
type Object
platform
8 bytes on 64-bit
platform
SByte 1 byte -128 through 127 (signed)
Short 2 bytes -32,768 through 32,767 (signed)
Single 4 bytes -3.4028235E+38 through -1.401298E-45
for negative values;
1.401298E-45 through 3.4028235E+38
for positive values
String Depends on 0 to approximately 2 billion Unicode
implementing platform characters
UInteger 4 bytes 0 through 4,294,967,295 (unsigned)
ULong 8 bytes 0 through 18,446,744,073,709,551,615
(unsigned)
User- Depends on Each member of the structure has a range
Defined implementing platform determined by its data type and
independent of the ranges of the other
members
UShort 2 bytes 0 through 65,535 (unsigned)
Example
The following example demonstrates use of some of the types:
Module DataTypes
Sub Main()
Dim b As Byte
Dim n As Integer
Dim si As Single
Dim d As Double
Dim da As Date
Dim c As Char
Dim s As String
Dim bl As Boolean
b = 1
n = 1234567
si = 0.12345678901234566
d = 0.12345678901234566
da = Today
c = "U"c
s = "Me"
If ScriptEngine = "VB" Then
bl = True
Else
bl = False
End If
If bl Then
'the oath taking
Console.Write(c & " and," & s & vbCrLf)
Console.WriteLine("declaring on the day of: {0}", da)
Console.WriteLine("We will learn VB.Net seriously")
Console.WriteLine("Lets see what happens to the floating point variables:")
Console.WriteLine("The Single: {0}, The Double: {1}", si, d)
End If
Console.ReadKey()
End Sub
End Module
When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following result:
U and, Me
declaring on the day of: 12/4/2012 12:00:00 PM
We will learn VB.Net seriously
Lets see what happens to the floating point variables:
The Single:0.1234568, The Double: 0.123456789012346