Data Types
LightWave Supports supports the following data type names which may be specified in the type attribute of a dictionary file element.
| type attribute value | Default size | 
|---|---|
| int | 4 | 
| short | 2 | 
| long | 4 | 
| longlong | 8 | 
| byte | 1 | 
| unsignedInt | 4 | 
| unsignedShort | 2 | 
| unsignedLong | 4 | 
| unsignedLongLong | 8 | 
| unsignedByte | 1 | 
| float | 4 | 
| double | 8 | 
| string | no default | 
| numeric | 18 | 
| numericSignTrailing | 18 | 
| numericSignEmbedded | 18 | 
| numericSignTrailingEmbedded | 18 | 
| unsignedNumeric | 18 | 
| base64Binary | no default | 
| hexBinary | no default | 
| boolean | 4 | 
