Data type

Data types are used within type systems, which offer various ways of defining, implementing and using them. Different type systems ensure varying degrees of type safety. Almost all programming languages explicitly include the notion of data type, though different languages may use different terminology. Common data types include: * integers * booleans * characters * floating-point numbers * alphanumeric strings Most data types in statistics have comparable types in computer programming, and vice versa, as shown in the following table:

Data type

Data types are used within type systems, which offer various ways of defining, implementing and using them. Different type systems ensure varying degrees of type safety. Almost all programming languages explicitly include the notion of data type, though different languages may use different terminology. Common data types include: * integers * booleans * characters * floating-point numbers * alphanumeric strings Most data types in statistics have comparable types in computer programming, and vice versa, as shown in the following table: