From 5e587be27a7c3bd854b686952a5c9637a2432ff0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marti Bolivar Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:23:33 -0500 Subject: reorganized all the arduino/ docs into a lang/ subdirectory since they're properly CC attributed now. --- docs/source/lang/bytecast.rst | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/source/lang/bytecast.rst (limited to 'docs/source/lang/bytecast.rst') diff --git a/docs/source/lang/bytecast.rst b/docs/source/lang/bytecast.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4ad2a89 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/source/lang/bytecast.rst @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +.. highlight:: cpp + +.. _lang-bytecast: + +byte() (cast) +============= + +Description +----------- + +Converts a value to the :ref:`byte ` data type. + +.. note:: + + Casting to the byte type is provided for compatibility with + Arduino. However, the recommended Maple type for storing an 8-bit + unsigned integer is ``uint8``. (C and C++ programmers: ``stdint.h`` + is also available). + + In order to cast a variable ``x`` to a ``uint8``, the + following syntax can be used:: + + uint8(x); + +Syntax +------ + +``byte(x)`` + + +Parameters +---------- + +**x**: a value of any integer type + + +Returns +------- + +The value, converted to a ``byte``. Note, however, that if the value +is larger than the maximum value you can store in a byte (255), then +the results might be strange and unexpected. + + +See Also +-------- + +- :ref:`lang-byte` + + + + +.. include:: cc-attribution.txt -- cgit v1.2.3