Extended data types

The following extended data types are defined in this dictionary:

Code	Primitive data type	Regular expression construct	Description

code	char	`[^\t\n "]*`	A single word
char	char	`[^\n]*`	A single line of text
text	char	`.*`	Text which may span lines
int	numb	`[0-9]+`	Unsigned integer data
name	uchar	`_[_A-Za-z0-9]+[.][][_A-Za-z0-9\<\>%/-]+`	A data item name (restrictive type)
aliasname	uchar	`_[^\t\n "]+`	A DDL 1.4 data item name (less restrictive type)
idname	uchar	`[_A-Za-z0-9]+`	A data item name component or identifier
any	char	`.*`	Any data type
yyyy-mm-dd	char	`[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9]?[0-9]-[0-9][0-9]`	A date format