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Table E-1 Business BASIC Equivalents of SORT-MERGE/XL Data Types

 SORT-MERGE/XL Data TypeBusiness BASIC Equivalent
0Byte (character)STRING$[n]
1Twos complement (integer) 
 2-byte (short integer)SHORT INTEGER
 4-byte (integer)INTEGER
2HP 3000 floating point 
 4-byte (real)SHORT REAL
 8-byte (double precision)REAL
10CharacterSTRING$[n]
12Short floating point DecimalSHORT DECIMAL
13floating point DecimalDECIMAL

 

NOTE: The variable n refers to an integer number.
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