Article ID: 37895
Article Last Modified on 1/8/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft QuickBasic Compiler for Macintosh 1.0
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 "Microsoft QuickBASIC 1.00: BASIC Language Reference" 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
Keywords: KB37895
