Data Types Compared in Different Languages

Visual Studio

This topic lists the data types for Visual Basic, Visual J#, Visual C++, Visual C#, JScript, and Visual FoxPro.

Storage size	Visual Basic	Visual J#	Visual C++	C# ^NEW	JScript	Visual FoxPro
16 bytes	n/a	n/a	VARIANT	n/a	Object	Variant
Decimal	Decimal ^NEW (.NET Framework class)	n/a	DECIMAL	decimal	>decimal ^NEW	n/a
Date	Date ^NEW (.NET Framework class)	java.util.Date or System.DateTime	DATE	DateTime ^NEW (.NET Framework class)	System.DateTime. Also the JScript Dates >Date object.	Date; DateTime
(varies)	String ^NEW (.NET Framework class)	java.lang.String or System.String	n/a	>string	>String ^NEW	n/a
1 byte	Byte	byte	BYTE, bool	byte	>byte ^NEW	Logical
2 bytes	Boolean	boolean	VARIANT_BOOL	bool	>boolean ^NEW	n/a
2 bytes	Short, Char (Unicode character)	short	signed short int, __int16	short, char (Unicode character)	>short ^NEW,> char ^NEW	n/a
1 byte	n/a	char	signed char, __int8		>Sbyte ^NEW	Character
4 bytes	Integer	int	long, (long int, signed long int)	int	>int ^NEW	Integer
8 bytes	Long ^NEW	long	__int64	long	>long ^NEW	Float
4 bytes	Single	float	float	float	>float ^NEW	n/a
8 bytes	Double	double	double	double	>double ^NEW	Double
4 bytes in table	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	General