BYTE

• Source: https://www.freebasic.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=KeyPgByte
• Last revised: 2021-12-13

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Standard data type: 8 bit signed

Syntax

` dim variable as Byte

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Description

8-bit signed whole-number data type. Can hold a value in the range of -128 to 127.

Examples

start GeSHi

  Dim bytevar As Byte
  bytevar = 100
  Print "bytevar= ", bytevar

end GeSHi

start GeSHi

Dim x As Byte = CByte(&H80)
Dim y As Byte = CByte(&H7F)
Print "Byte Range = "; x; " to "; y

end GeSHi

Output:

Byte Range = -128 to  127

Dialect Differences

• Not available in the -lang qb dialect unless referenced with the alias __Byte.

Differences from QB

• New to FreeBASIC

See also

• Ubyte
• Cbyte
• Table with variable types overview, limits and suffixes

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