Data Types
- Created by: Amelia Cantwell-Hyde
- Created on: 28-11-14 11:03
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- Data Types
- Text (a.k.a alphanumeric string)
- This type of data can be any character, punctuation mark, letter or number
- Used to store telephone numbers, names
- Date
- This type of data indicates a date or time
- Used to store dates of birth, dates of events
- Interger
- This type of data is a whole number
- Used to store quantities of stock
- Real
- This type of data is a number with a decimal point and some decimal places after the point
- Used to store prices
- Boolean (a.k.a logical)
- A binary variable that can have one of two possible values, 0 (false) or 1 (true)
- Used to store gender, Yes or No answers in qustionnaires
- Image
- This can hold a graphical image
- Used to store photos
- Text (a.k.a alphanumeric string)
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