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Provide the typedef data type from one of the following:

 

Data Type

Description

Character string

Default data type.

Numeric

Free-format numbers.

Integer

Stored in fixed-length field of 1 to 6 bytes.

Unsigned integer

Similar to Integer, but values are always interpreted as positive numbers.

IEEE float

Industry-standard floating point format (8 bytes).

BCD float

Binary Coded Decimal representation.

Business math

Stored in fixed-length field of 8 bytes.

C float

Standard single precision floating point format for the current machine.

C double

Standard double precision floating point format for the current machine.