====== Generic Data Types ======

Generic data types comprise a group of data types. They have the prefix ANY_ ... . Generic data types can be grouped again, for example, ANY_INT covers ANY_SIGNED and ANY_UNSIGNED. The generic data type names staring with ANY_ are not keywords according to IEC, they just describe groups of types with the same properties. The types with SUBRANGE property are part of generic data type ANY_INT. The hierarchy of generic data types id in the following table:

^Generic data type                 ^             ^            ^        ^            ^Group of elementary data types                     ^
^  ANY\\ ANY_DERIVED\\ ANY_ELEMENTARY  ^  ANY_MAGNITUDE  ^  ANY_NUM       ^  ANY_REAL  ||  REAL, LREAL                                  |
| :::                                  | :::         | :::          ^  ANY_INT  ^  ANY_UNSIGNED  |  USINT, UINT, UDINT, ULINT           |
| :::                                  | :::         | :::          | :::    ^  ANY_SIGNED  |  SINT, INT, DINT, LINT                    |
| :::                                  | :::         ^  ANY_DURATION  |||  TIME                                                         |
| :::                                  ^  ANY_BIT    ||||  BOOL, BYTE, WORD, DWORD, LWORD                                               |
| :::                                  ^  ANY_CHARS  ^  ANY_STRING  |        |            |  STRING                                     |
| :::                                  ^  ANY_DATE   |              |        |            |  DATE_AND_TIME, DT, DATE, TIME_OF_DAY, TOD  |