Next: , Previous: ShortCard, Up: Reference



ShortInt

Synopsis

     type
       ShortInt  { built-in type }

Description

ShortInt is a signed integer type which is not larger than Integer. On some platforms it is 16 bits wide and thus has a range of -32768 .. 32767.

ShortInt in GNU Pascal is compatible to short int in GNU C.

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

Conforming to

ShortInt is a Borland Pascal extension. In Borland Pascal, ShortInt is an 8-bit signed integer type (ByteInt in GNU Pascal).

Example

     program ShortIntDemo;
     var
       a: ShortInt;
     begin
       a := 42;
       WriteLn (a)
     end.

See also

Integer Types, Subrange Types.