[SOLVED] Syntax question (One can awkward)

[inservi]

Hello,

In some sample of code i read value followed by 'L'. here is an example from
code writing by PCM programmer :

[Douglas Kennedy]

L stands for a long number. When you need to use a fixed number in an intermediate step in a mathematical expression and you don't want the compile to default the precision you can give specify the precision with L.
Ex if you don't want the compiler to assume 112 as an 8 bit number then you would use 112L

[inservi]

Thank-you very much.

Is there other possibilities than L, maybe F for float ?

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[Douglas Kennedy]

I believe L is notational and it is not equivalent to declaring something as int16. The value 1000000L since it is internal to a mathematical expression should get 32 bit scratch storage. You don't give us the declaration of current_ccp_delta but if it is 32bit then the division will have the precision of 32 bits before casting down to 16 bits.

[inservi]

Thank-you, now it is clear for me.

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[Ttelmah]

For float, just add a decimal point.
In the example given:

1000000L

The 'L' is doing nothing. Since the value is large enough to force the number to be a 'long' already. Where 'L' is important, is in things like:

[inservi]

Thank you Ttelmah.

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