Sub Types

The Variant data type can contain any of the normal data types.
There are however 3 additional data types that are worth mentioning.
These 3 are often referred to as the Variant Sub-Types.

Variant/Date

The variant has a special sub type called date-variant that can be used to hold dates.
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Variant/Decimal

The variant has a special sub type called decimal-variant that can be used to hold decimals.
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Variant/String

The variant has a special sub type called string-variant that can be used to hold variable length strings.

List of the Normal Data Types