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# types
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Touch Develop types #docs #variables #var #types #data
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### @parent language
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A *type* refers to a class of data and the operations permitted on that data. The following types are supported by Touch Develop for the BBC micro:bit:
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* **[String](/microbit/reference/types/string)**: a sequence of characters
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* **[Number](/microbit/reference/types/number)**: an integer number (32-bit signed)
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* **[Boolean](/microbit/reference/types/boolean)**: true or false
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* **[Image](/microbit/reference/image/image)**: a collection of [micro:bit LED states](/microbit/device/screen) (on/off)
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* *more types coming!!!*
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### see also
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[local variables](/microbit/reference/variables/var), [global variables](/microbit/js/data), [assignment operator](/microbit/reference/variables/assign)
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