Re: String or Numeric Variable?

"ProfitMaxTrading.com" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> But you mentioned LONG as opposed to BYTE or INTEGER.
> Are you saying that a LONG type is better for even single-digit
> numbers used for nothing more than comparisons (as opposed
> to having math performed on them) than a BYTE or INTEGER

I think perhaps I was going a bit over the top there. I just meant that in
general Longs are faster than Bytes (on 32 bit systems such as current
versions of Windows). There isn't much in it though. I think the last time I
checked I found that math operations on Longs were approximately 50 per cent
faster than on Bytes. But both of them are so quick really that it isn't
worth worrying about.

Mike



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