Data Types

Bioinformatics Studio supports 6 data types that can be used as input values on the canvas. Data type nodes pass static values to connected workflow nodes — no code execution required.

Stringstring

Text data — sequences of characters enclosed in quotes

value:"Hello World"

Integerinteger

Whole numbers without decimal points

value:42

Floatfloat

Numbers with decimal precision

value:3.14159

Booleanboolean

True or false values for logic and conditions

value:true

Listlist

Ordered collection of items, enclosed in square brackets

value:[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Dictionarydictionary

Key-value pairs enclosed in curly braces

value:{"name": "BRCA1", "length": 24}