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9.250 ShortCard

Synopsis

 
type
  ShortCard = Cardinal (BitSizeOf (ShortInt));

Description

`ShortCard' is an unsigned integer type which is not larger than `Cardinal'. On most platforms it is 16 bits wide and thus has a range of `0..65535'.

`ShortCard' in GNU Pascal is compatible to `short unsigned int' in GNU C.

There are lots of other integer types in GPC, see section 8.2.3 Integer Types.

Conforming to

`ShortCard' is a GNU Pascal extension.

Example

 
program ShortCardDemo;
var
  a: ShortCard;
begin
  a := 42;
  WriteLn (a)
end.

See also

section 8.2.3 Integer Types, section 8.2.10.1 Subrange Types.



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