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CppInt

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(C++) int

Data type (and thus a keyword) that can hold a single whole number.

The range of an int can be found at compile time with std::numeric_limits.

If you assign a broken number to an int, this value gets rounded down. Your compiler should give you a warning then, as in the example below.

include <cassert>


int main()
{
  const int myValue = 12;
  const int myBrokenValue = 12.9;
  assert(myValue==myBrokenValue);
}

Prefer a plain int over a short int or a long int (ref. 1, 4.10.14)

'int' links

• C
• C#
• SQL

Code links

• #include
• argc
• argv
• assert
• cassert (header file)
• char
• const
• int
• main
• return
• std

Reference

• 1) Bjarne Stroustrup. The C++ Programming Language (3rd edition).ISBN: 0-201-88954-4

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