Currency (data type)


Syntax	Currency
Description	A data type used to declare variables capable of holding fixed-point numbers with 15 digits to the left of the decimal point and 4 digits to the right.
Comments	Currency variables are used to hold numbers within the following range: `–922,337,203,685,477.5808 <= currency <= 922,337,203,685,477.5807` Due to their accuracy, Currency variables are useful within calculations involving money. The type-declaration character for Currency is @ . Storage Internally, currency values are 8-byte integers scaled by 10000. Thus, when appearing within a structure, currency values require 8 bytes of storage. When used with binary or random files, 8 bytes of storage are required.
See Also	Date (data type); Double (data type); Integer (data type); Long (data type); Object (data type); Single (data type); String (data type); Variant (data type); Boolean (data type); DefType (statement); CCur (function).