From d9cbd78e29d42e70bb46641dd43ee0772c8c975f 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. --- source/arduino/bytecast.rst | 53 --------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 53 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 source/arduino/bytecast.rst (limited to 'source/arduino/bytecast.rst') diff --git a/source/arduino/bytecast.rst b/source/arduino/bytecast.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 348c9fb..0000000 --- a/source/arduino/bytecast.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,53 +0,0 @@ -.. highlight:: cpp - -.. _arduino-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:`arduino-byte` - - - - -.. include:: cc-attribution.txt -- cgit v1.2.3