Primitive Data Types in X++ Programming Language

Rumman Ansari   Software Engineer   2023-09-19   8951 Share
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Gain insights into primitive data types in the X++ programming language. Explore the fundamental data types that form the building blocks of X++ code, enhancing your proficiency in data manipulation and programming.

The primitive data types in X++ are listed in the following table.

Anytype

A placeholder for any data type.

Booleans

Can only contain the values false and true.

Dates

Contains day, month, and year.

Enums

An abbreviation for enumerated text—a set of literals.

GUIDs

A globally unique identifier.

Integers

A number without a decimal point. To declare an integer, use the keyword int.

Reals

Numbers with a decimal point; also called decimals.

Strings

A number of characters. To declare a string, use the keyword str.

TimeOfDay

Contains hours, minutes, and seconds. To declare a time, use the system type timeOfDay.

utcdatetime

Contains year, month, day, hour, minute and second.

Note; Always use Extended data Types. It's not best practice to use Primitive Data Types in real world project.

Code 


boolean boolVal = true;

date dateVal = systemDateGet();

utcdatetime dateTimeVal = DateTimeUtil::getSystemDateTime();

guid guidVal = newguid();

int intVal = -345678;

int64 int64Val = -234567895432;

str strVal = "Hello";

real realVal = 3.14;

EDT 


//Address --> City - 60 characters

Atnylacity city = "Hyderabad";

AtnylaGenericDate dateValu = systemDateGet();

AtnylaAmount realValu= 3.14;

var varVal = 123;

anytype anyVal = boolVal;

anyVal = guidVal;

anyVal int64Val;

anyVal = dateTimeVal;
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