Standard Data Type Limits
Standard variable types and limits.
Numeric Types

Type | Size in bits | Format | Minimum Value | Maximum Value | Literal Suffix | Sig. Digits
BYTE | 8 | signed integer | -128 | +127 |  | 2+
UBYTE | 8 | unsigned integer | 0 | +255 |  | 2+
SHORT | 16 | signed integer | -32768 | +32767 |  | 4+
USHORT | 16 | unsigned integer | 0 | 65535 |  | 4+
LONG | 32 | signed integer | -2147483648 | +2147483647 | &, l | 9+
ULONG | 32 | unsigned integer | 0 | +4294967295 | ul | 9+
INTEGER | 32/64 [*] | signed integer | [*]32bit: -2147483648, 64bit: -9223372036854775808 | [*]32bit: +2147483647, 64bit: +9223372036854775807 | % | [*]
UINTEGER | 32/64 [*] | unsigned integer | 0 | [*]32bit: +4294967295, 64bit: +18446744073709551615 | u | [*]
LONGINT | 64 | signed integer | -9223372036854775808 | +9223372036854775807 | ll | 18+
ULONGINT | 64 | unsigned integer | 0 | +18446744073709551615 | ull | 19+
SINGLE | 32 | floating point | [**]+/-1.401 298 E-45 | [**]+/-3.402 823 E+38 | !, f | 6+
DOUBLE | 64 | floating point | [**]+/-4.940 656 458 412 465 E-324 | [**]+/-1.797 693 134 862 316 E+308 | #, d | 15+
enums | 32/64 [*] | signed integer | [*]32bit: -2147483648, 64bit: -9223372036854775808 | [*]32bit: +2147483647, 64bit: +9223372036854775807 |  | [*]

[*] `Integer` and `UInteger` data types vary with platform, matching the size of pointers.
[**] The minimum and maximum values for the floating-point types `Single` and `Double` are, respectively, the values closest to zero and the values closest to positive and negative infinity.
String Types

Type | Character Size (in bytes) | Minimum Size (in characters) | Maximum Size (in characters), including terminating padding | Literal Suffix
String | 1 | 0 | [**]32bit: +2147483647, 64bit: +9223372036854775807 | $
String*N | 1 | 1 | [**,***]+2147483647 | $
Zstring*N | 1 | 1 | [**,***]+2147483647 | [N/A]
Wstring*N | [*] | [*]1 | [*,**,***]+2147483647 | [N/A]

[*] Unicode, or "wide", characters vary in both size and availability with platform.
[**] All runtime library string procedures take and produce `Integer` values for sizes and positions. The actual maximum size will vary (smaller) with storage location and/or platform.
[***] Before fbc version 1.20.0, fixed-length strings had the same maximum size limits as variable strings.
Boolean Type

Type | Internal size in bits | Value
Boolean | 1-bit wide data (in a Byte) | 'False' or 'True'

Arrays

Platform | Maximum Subscript Range | Maximum Elements per Dimension | Minimum/Maximum Dimensions | Maximum Size (in bytes)
32bit | [*][-2147483648, +2147483647] | [*]+2147483647 | 1/8 | [*]+2147483647
64bit | [*][-9223372036854775808, +9223372036854775807] | [*]+9223372036854775807 | 1/8 | [*]+9223372036854775807

[*] All runtime library array procedures take and produce `Integer` values for subscripts and indexes. The actual limits will vary (smaller) with the number of dimensions, element size, storage location and/or platform.
UDTs

Platform | Maximum Size (in bytes)
32bit | [*]+2147483647
64bit | [*]+2147483647

[*] The actual maximum size will vary (smaller) with storage location and/or platform.
See also
Usage of suffixes for variables
Usage of suffixes for literals / numbers