Primitive Datatypes

Purpose	The datatypes are used in computations and parameter passing for methods and functions.
bool
Valid Values	true false
Example	<if>    <cond>       <eval>          <parm type="string" name="lname">Mati</parm>          <parm type="string" name="fname">Kimanzi</parm>          <expr>fname = lname</expr>       </eval>    </cond>    <true>       <xout>Your first and last names cannot be the same</xout>    </true>    <false>       <xout>Thank you</xout>    </false> </if> Checks to see if the first and last names are the same. If they are the <true> clause of the <if> statement would send the text Your first and last names cannot be the same to the output stream. Since in this example the names are different the <false> clause executes and sends the text Thank You to the output stream.
date
Valid Values	Any valid date in the following formats: #dd-mon-rr# #dd-mon-rrrr# #dd-mon-rr hh:mi:ss# #dd-mon-rrrr hh:mi:ss# #mm/dd/rr# #mm/dd/rrrr# #mm/dd/rr hh:mi:ss# #mm/dd/rrrr hh:mi:ss#
Example	<xout>The new date is </xout> <xout>    <eval>       <parm type="date" name="date1">01-Jun-2002</parm>       <parm type="int" name="offset">10</parm>       <expr>date1 + offset</expr>    </eval> </xout> Performs the date arithmetic and writes the text The new date is #01-Jun-2002 00:00:00# to the output stream.
double
Valid Values	any real number up to 64 bits
Example	<xout>Your numbers = <xout> <xout>    <eval>       <parm type="double" name="a">7.12</parm>       <parm type="double" name="b">2.5</parm>       <expr>a + b</expr>    </eval> </xout> Adds the two numbers together and writes the text Your numbers = 9.62 to the output stream.
float
Valid Values	any real number up to 32 bits
Example	<xout>Your numbers = <xout> <xout>    <eval>       <parm type="double" name="a">7.12</parm>       <parm type="double" name="b">2.5</parm>       <expr>a + b</expr>    </eval> </xout> Adds the two numbers together and writes the text Your numbers = 9.62 to the output stream.
int
Valid Values	any whole number up to 32 bits
Example	<xout>Your numbers = <xout> <xout>    <eval>       <parm type="double" name="a">100</parm>       <parm type="double" name="b">117</parm>       <expr>a + b</expr>    </eval> </xout> Adds the two numbers together and writes the text Your numbers = 217 to the output stream.
long
Valid Values	any whole number up to 64 bits
Example	<xout>Your numbers = <xout> <xout>    <eval>       <parm type="double" name="a">100</parm>       <parm type="double" name="b">117</parm>       <expr>a + b</expr>    </eval> </xout> Adds the two numbers together and writes the text Your numbers = 217 to the output stream.
short
Valid Values	any whole number up to 16 bits
Example	<xout>Your numbers = <xout> <xout>    <eval>       <parm type="double" name="a">100</parm>       <parm type="double" name="b">117</parm>       <expr>a + b</expr>    </eval> </xout> Adds the two numbers together and writes the text Your numbers = 217 to the output stream.
string
Valid Values	any characters
Example	<eval object="MyName">    <eval>       <parm type="string" name="lname">Mati</parm>       <parm type="string" name="fname">Kimanzi</parm>       <expr>fname + " " + lname</expr>    </eval> </eval> Concatenates the first name with the space and the last name and assigns the result to the object MyName.