Primitive data types are the basic types that store simple values, such as int, char, or boolean. Reference data types are the types that store references to objects, such as String, List, or File.

Visual Basic supplies several numeric data types for handling numbers in various representations. Integral types represent only whole numbers (positive, negative, and zero), and nonintegral types ...

[!INCLUDEvbprvb] supplies a set of predefined data types, which you can use for many of your programming elements. This section describes these types and how to use them. Note Every elementary data ...