Generic FileFormat Data Types
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Intro
This is a generic list of data types encountered in all file formats. Not all of which will be used in a specific file format.
They are listed here, rather than repetitive typing in each of file format's documentation.
Endian
Little endian byte order, lsb first for numeric values, text is stored in Big endian byte order.
Data Types
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| byte | 8 bit (1 byte) |
| short | 16 bit signed short (2 bytes) |
| ushort | 16 bit unsigned short (2 bytes) |
| ulong | 32 bit unsigned integer (4 bytes) |
| float | 32 bit signed single precision floating point value (4 bytes) |
| double | 64 bit signed single precision floating point value (8 bytes) |
| asciiz | Null terminated (0x00) variable length ascii string |
| ascii | fixed length ascii string(UTF-8) |
Note that the use of the word 'int' is bad policy. An int is machine and compiler and language dependent. BI use floats to represent signed values unsigned integers for indexes and string counts.