Numeric Data

VB and the .NET Framework support eleven different types for manipulating numeric data, but in practice one type for each kind of number is really efficient, and you’ll almost always use it unless you have a very good reason not to: Integer for integers, Double for floating point numbers, and Decimal for currency values.

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On Your Own

All of the numeric values are defined as structures in the System namespace. Using the Object Browser and MSDN, complete the following table of numeric types. There are useful (but incomplete) tables in the MSDN library—search for “Types Reference Tables”.

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