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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Data Types</div>
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               <p class="para_td"> Data Type</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Description</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Integer</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Assigns and manipulate whole numbers. A single integer or a range can be specified in order to select objects. For example, you may want to delete all objects with an attribute title of &quot;Year&quot; and the value of 1992, or the range of integers between 1989 and 1992.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Floating Point</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Assigns and manipulate real numbers. A single floating point or a range can be specified in order to select objects. For example, to blank all objects with an attribute title of &quot;Cost&quot; and the value of 29.95, or the range of numbers between 19.95 and 35.95. The limit range for a Floating Point is double precision.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Date &amp; Time</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Assigns and manipulate attribute values consisting of any date and time. Only integers can be entered. For example, you must enter &quot;11&quot; instead of &quot;November&quot;.</p>
               <p class="para_td"> A single date and time, or a range can be specified in order to select objects. For example, you may want to copy all objects with an attribute title of &quot;Time&quot; and the value of 05/13/59-19:11, or the range of dates and times between 05/13/59-18:00 and 05/14/59-10:00.  </p>
               <p class="para_td"> The ranges for date and time values are tabulated below.</p>
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                        <p class="para_td"> Time</p>
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                        <p class="para_td"> Range</p>
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                        <p class="para_td"> Year</p>
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                        <p class="para_td"> 1 to 9999</p>
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                        <p class="para_td"> Month</p>
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                        <p class="para_td"> 1 to 12</p>
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                        <p class="para_td"> Date</p>
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                        <p class="para_td"> 1 to 31</p>
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                        <p class="para_td"> Hour</p>
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                        <p class="para_td"> 0 to 23</p>
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                        <p class="para_td"> Minute</p>
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                        <p class="para_td"> 0 to 59</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Null Value</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Assigns and manipulate only an attribute title without any value. Null value is neither a zero nor a blank, but an attribute title without any value.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Variable Length Character</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Assigns and manipulate strings not exceeding 132 characters, including blank spaces.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Reference</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Assigns and manipulate attributes consisting of text strings, with or without expressions embedded within them. These types of attributes are dynamic, and are updated when the model changes.</p>
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