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diff --git a/docs/source/lang/cpp/unsignedint.rst b/docs/source/lang/cpp/unsignedint.rst deleted file mode 100644 index f8ea473..0000000 --- a/docs/source/lang/cpp/unsignedint.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,59 +0,0 @@ -.. highlight:: cpp - -.. _lang-unsignedint: - -``unsigned int`` -================ - -An ``unsigned int`` (unsigned integer) is the same as an :ref:`int -<lang-int>` in that it stores a 4 byte integer value. However, -Instead of storing both negative and positive numbers, an ``unsigned -int`` can only store nonnegative values, yielding a range of 0 to -4,294,967,295 (the positive value is 2^32 - 1). - -The difference between an ``unsigned int`` and a (signed) ``int`` lies -in the way the highest bit, sometimes referred to as the "sign" bit, -is interpreted. In the case of the Maple ``int`` type (which is -signed), if the high bit is a "1", the number is interpreted as a -negative number, using a technique known as `two's complement math -<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two%27s_complement#Explanation>`_. The -bits in an an ``unsigned int`` are interpreted according to the usual -rules for converting `binary to decimal -<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_numeral_system#Counting_in_binary>`_. - -An ``unsigned int`` is subject to the same :ref:`overflow issues -<lang-int-overflow>` as a regular ``int``; the only difference is -that an ``unsigned int`` will "underflow" at 0, and "overflow" at -4,294,967,295. Here is some example code which illustrates this:: - - unsigned int x; - x = 0; - x--; // x now contains 4,294,967,295; rolled over "left to right" - x++; // x now contains 0; rolled over "right to left" - -.. _lang-unsignedlong: - -The ``unsigned long`` type is a synonym for ``unsigned int``. - -Here is an example of declaring an ``unsigned int`` variable named -``pin``, then giving it value 13:: - - unsigned int pin = 13; - -The general syntax for declaring an ``unsigned int`` variable named -``var``, then giving it value ``val``, looks like:: - - unsigned int var = val; - -See Also --------- - -- :ref:`int <lang-int>` -- :ref:`char <lang-char>` -- :ref:`unsigned char <lang-unsignedchar>` -- :ref:`long long <lang-longlong>` -- :ref:`unsigned long long <lang-unsignedlonglong>` -- :ref:`Integer Constants <lang-constants-integers>` -- :ref:`Variables <lang-variables>` - -.. include:: /arduino-cc-attribution.txt |