From: Damian Yerrick Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: 256 variable holder... Quick Question! Organization: Pin Eight Software http://pineight.8m.com/ Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.7/32.534 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 25 X-Trace: /Kw5eD9grOYJ/MTCQtFOjkwX9zOVwc7NUKu4ee5RM3T2hCtqL9PCqmGlfT3epwKBnXbk8WYFFRom!9PrFm7b2UE23vS2+gniwf7p8P/xAGQyatjT6froIGsbsKoRmEyjDObKcUNqZUchmbWbOM4z0cq1y!MKn6B3Q= X-Complaints-To: abuse AT gte DOT net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 08:29:12 GMT Distribution: world Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 08:29:12 GMT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com On Sat, 12 Feb 2000 22:44:29 -0500, "Bryan Edds" wrote: >Okay, I need a variable that stores no more than 256. I used to use this to >hold a number anywhere from 0 to 255; > unsigned __int8 varname; > varname = 255; >It worked well and was very fast. But, this does not work in DJGPP. The >smallest type I can use is a SHORT INT which is too slow for a graphics >display, and a waste since I only use 256 colors. I need something like >__INT8 to store numbers, but now it's gone. Any explanation is welcome, but >if it gets complicated, please be thorough. I just now broke into the DJGPP >scene. 'unsigned char' is virtually guaranteed (on popular systems) to be an unsigned eight-bit integer. -- Damian Yerrick http://yerricde.tripod.com/ Comment on story ideas: http://home1.gte.net/frodo/quickjot.html AOL is sucks! Find out why: http://anti-aol.org/faqs/aas/ View full sig: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/sig.html This is McAfee VirusScan. Add these two lines to your .sig to prevent the spread of .sig viruses. http://www.mcafee.com/