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The Clarion language provides automatic conversion between data types. However, some assignments can produce an unequal source and destination. Assigning an "out of range" value can produce unpredictable results.

**See Also:**

[[base types.htm|Base Types]]

[[bcd operations and procedures.htm|BCD Operations and Procedures]]

[[type conversion and intermediate results.htm|Type Conversion and Intermediate Results]]

[[simple assignment data type conversion.htm|Simple Assignment Data Type Conversion]]