.. _arduino-word:

word
====

Description
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A word stores a 16-bit unsigned number, from 0 to 65535. Same as an
unsigned int.



Example
-------

::

        word w = 10000; 



See also
--------


-  `byte <http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/Byte>`_
-  `word <http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/WordCast>`_\ ()