Microsoft KB Archive/37895

= Macintosh QB Limits for Names, Strings, Numbers, Arrays =

Article ID: 37895

Article Last Modified on 1/8/2003

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 * Microsoft QuickBasic Compiler for Macintosh 1.0

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This article was previously published under Q37895



SUMMARY
Listed below are the various limits to QuickBASIC Version 1.00 language for the Macintosh. Note: some of these are incorrectly stated in Chapter 1.9 (Internal Representation of Numbers) of the &quot;Microsoft QuickBASIC 1.00: BASIC Language Reference&quot; manual.



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The list of limits is as follows: Variable Name Length: minimum 1 character maximum 40 characters

String Length:       minimum 0  character maximum 32,767 characters

Integers:            minimum -32768 maximum 32767

Long Integers:       minimum -2,147,483,648  maximum 2,147,483,647

Single Precision (positive): Decimal (d) version: minimum 9.99999 E-64  maximum 9.99999 E+62 Binary (b) version: minimum 1.401298 E-45  maximum 3.40283 E+38 (Incorrect on page 36)

Single Precision (negative): Decimal (d) version: minimum -9.99999 E-64  maximum -9.99999 E+62 Binary (b) version: minimum -3.402823 E+38  maximum -1.401298 E-45 (Incorrect on page 36)

Double Precision (positive): Decimal (d) version: minimum 9.9999999999999 D-64 maximum 9.9999999999999 D+62

Binary (b) version: minimum 4.940656458412465 D-324 maximum 1.797693134862315 D+308 (Incorrect on page 36)

Double Precision (negative): Decimal (d) version: minimum -9.9999999999999 E-64 maximum -9.9999999999999 E+62 Binary (b) version: minimum -1.797693134862315 D+308 maximum -4.940656458412465 D-324 (Incorrect on page 36)

Array Size: Available memory

Number of Array Subscripts Allowed Per Dimension: maximum 32,767

Number of Array Dimensions Allowed: Compiled:               minimum 1,  maximum 7 Interpreter Environment: minimum 1, maximum 255

Additional query words: MQuickB

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