Introduction

HelloID supports multiple data types for user defined variables. This document will detail each data type and provide an example value.

Variable Data Types

String

String variables are used to represent text, such as a word or a sentence.

Example: This is a string.

JSON

JSON variables represent data in JavaScript Object Notation format.

Example: {"firstName":"John", "lastName":"Smith", "id":123456, "city":"Seattle"}

Int

Int, short for "integer", represents whole numeric values.

Minimum value: -2,147,483,648
Maximum value: 2,147,483,648

Example: 32768

Boolean

Boolean variables represent true or false values.

Example: true

Long

The Long data type is used to represent large numeric values.

Minimum value: -9,223,372,036,854,775,808
Maximum value: 9,223,372,036,854,775,807

Example: 2147483648

Char

Char variables are used to represent single text values such as "a", "b", "c", etc.

Example: z

Byte

The byte data type is used to represent small numeric values.

Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: 255

Example: 127

Double

Double variables are used to represent 64-bit floating point numeric values.

Example: 1564898.12345

Decimal

Double variables are used to represent 128-bit floating point numeric values.

Example: 1234.287658498787

Single

Single variables are used to represent 32-bit floating point numeric values.

Example: 1234.456898

Array

The Array data type is used when multiple values should be represented using a single variable, such as in a list or collection. Items in the array should be separated by commas.

Example: ["John", "Charles", "Harry", "William"]