From a0549b4a15a7093f990fffa4bc1d2d52ec1c16e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hanna Mendes Levitin Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 03:37:07 -0600 Subject: docs, now with style --- docs/source/lang/cpp/unsignedlong.rst | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/source/lang/cpp/unsignedlong.rst (limited to 'docs/source/lang/cpp/unsignedlong.rst') diff --git a/docs/source/lang/cpp/unsignedlong.rst b/docs/source/lang/cpp/unsignedlong.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..14a4fc3 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/source/lang/cpp/unsignedlong.rst @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +.. highlight:: cpp + +.. _lang-unsignedlong: + +``unsigned long`` +================= + +An unsigned version of the :ref:`long ` data type. An +``unsigned long`` occupies 8 bytes of memory; it stores an integer +from 0 to 2^64-1, which is approximately 1.8×10^19 (18 quintillion, or +18 billion billion). + +Like an :ref:`unsigned int `, an ``unsigned long`` +won't store negative numbers; it is also subject to the same +:ref:`overflow issues ` as any integral data type. + +Here is an example of declaring an ``unsigned long`` variable named +``c``, then giving it value 299,792,458,000,000,000 (see :ref:`integer +constants ` for an explanation of the "L" +at the end of the number):: + + // Speed of light in nanometers per second (approximate). + unsigned long c = 299792458000000000L; + +The general syntax for declaring an ``unsigned long`` variable named +``var``, then giving it value ``val``, looks like:: + + unsigned long var = val; + +See Also +-------- + +- :ref:`long ` +- :ref:`int ` +- :ref:`unsigned ` +- :ref:`char ` +- :ref:`unsigned char ` +- :ref:`Integer Constants ` +- :ref:`Variables ` + +.. include:: cc-attribution.txt -- cgit v1.2.3