8. Primitive Data Types

The SS primitive data types are:

double precision floating point

All numeric calculations are performed and stored using double precision floating point.

The cast operators, (int) and (long), can be used to truncate an expression to integral form, and the resulting integer will be stored using double precision floating point.

string

A string is a sequence of characters enclosed in 'single' or "double" quotes. No escape sequences are recognized. Adjacent strings are concatenated into one string. If a string occurs in a numeric calculation it is treated as having the value 0.0

constant

The built-in constants are:

  HUGE_VAL = inf
  DBL_EPSILON = 2.22045e-16
  RAND_MAX = 2.14748e+09

The values of the constants may vary depending on the system. To check the values of the constants use commands help or print constants.

Undefined cells are treated as having the value 0.0