Which of the following data types would be best for storing data representing a phone number?

The correct answer is A. String. A phone number is best stored as a string because it may include leading zeros, parentheses, dashes, or plus signs, which are not handled properly by numeric data types like integers or

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AString
BInteger
CFloat
DChar

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(29 responses)

A
90% (26)
B
3% (1)
C
7% (2)

Explanation

A phone number is best stored as a string because it may include leading zeros, parentheses, dashes, or plus signs, which are not handled properly by numeric data types like integers or

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#Data types#String data type#Data storage#Phone numbers

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