Elementary Data Types 

Visual Basic supplies a set of predefined data types, which you can use for many of your programming elements. This section describes these types and how to use them.

In This Section

• Numeric Data Types
  Describes the integral and nonintegral numeric types.

• Character Data Types
  Describes the Char and String types.

• Miscellaneous Data Types
  Describes the Boolean, Date, and Object types.

Related Sections

• Data Types in Visual Basic
  Introduces the Visual Basic data types and describes how to use them.

• Data Type Summary (Visual Basic)
  Provides an overview of the elementary data types supplied by Visual Basic.