Visual Basic type | Common language runtime type structure | Nominal storage allocation | Value range |
Boolean
| Boolean
| Depends on implementing platform
| True or False
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Byte
| Byte
| 1 byte
| 0 through 255 (unsigned)
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Char (single character)
| Char
| 2 bytes
| 0 through 65535 (unsigned)
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Date
| DateTime
| 8 bytes
| 0:00:00 (midnight) on January 1, 0001 through 11:59:59 PM on December 31, 9999
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Decimal
| 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;
smallest nonzero number is +/-0.0000000000000000000000000001 (+/-1E-28) †
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Double (double-precision floating-point)
| Double
| 8 bytes
| -1.79769313486231570E+308 through -4.94065645841246544E-324 † for negative values;
4.94065645841246544E-324 through 1.79769313486231570E+308 † for positive values
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Integer
| Int32
| 4 bytes
| -2,147,483,648 through 2,147,483,647 (signed)
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Long (long integer)
| Int64
| 8 bytes
| -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 through 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 (9.2...E+18 †) (signed)
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Object
| Object (class)
| 4 bytes on 32-bit platform
8 bytes on 64-bit platform
| Any type can be stored in a variable of type Object
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SByte
| SByte
| 1 byte
| -128 through 127 (signed)
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Short (short integer)
| Int16
| 2 bytes
| -32,768 through 32,767 (signed)
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Single (single-precision floating-point)
| Single
| 4 bytes
| -3.4028235E+38 through -1.401298E-45 † for negative values;
1.401298E-45 through 3.4028235E+38 † for positive values
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String (variable-length)
| String (class)
| Depends on implementing platform
| 0 to approximately 2 billion Unicode characters
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UInteger
| UInt32
| 4 bytes
| 0 through 4,294,967,295 (unsigned)
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ULong
| UInt64
| 8 bytes
| 0 through 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 (1.8...E+19 †) (unsigned)
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User-Defined (structure)
| (inherits from ValueType)
| Depends on implementing platform
| Each member of the structure has a range determined by its data type and independent of the ranges of the other members
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UShort
| UInt16
| 2 bytes
| 0 through 65,535 (unsigned)
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