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Variable Types Revisited
Now that you have played with binary for a bit (pun intended), you will better understand why it is crucial to always remember what kind of data types you will be storing your programs. Let's look at ones used most often. These are referenced for us in the MSDN help files and at WikiBooks. Data types shown in the tables, list the possible ways to store information in a variable, whether it is an integer number, a decimal number, or a text string. The data type tells VB.NET how to store and handle the data. "Object" is a special data type capable of handling any data type.
Note that variables are locations in memory in which data (such as numbers and strings) are stored. The variable itself does not hold the information, rather it points to the location where the data is located in RAM.
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