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HP Business BASIC
Table E-1. Business BASIC Equivalents of SORT-MERGE/XL Data Types
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| | SORT-MERGE/XL Data Type | Business BASIC Equivalent |
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| 0 | Byte (character) | STRING$[n] |
| 1 | Twos complement (integer): | |
| | 2-byte (short integer) | SHORT INTEGER |
| | 4-byte (integer) | INTEGER |
| 2 | HP 3000 floating point: | |
| | 4-byte (real) | SHORT REAL |
| | 8-byte (double precision) | REAL |
| 10 | Character | STRING$[n] |
| 12 | Short floating point Decimal | SHORT DECIMAL |
| 13 | floating point Decimal | DECIMAL |
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NOTE The variable n refers to an integer number.