UINT == unsigned long?

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Nov 2, 2004 at 2:23 PM

Hi, is UINT the same thing as unsigned long. I know its an unsigned int and it goes from 0 to 4 billion or whatever. And I know unsigned long does the same thing. I just dont want to type unsigned long everywhere in my code, id rather type UINT. I was just wondering is it the same thing.

moucard

Nov 2, 2004 at 2:30 PM

You can search on your compiler's header files for the definition
The most probable case would be
#typedef unsigned int UINT

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Namethatnobodyelsetook

Nov 2, 2004 at 2:32 PM

In Windows on Intel-32 chips, yes, they're the same thing... Windows typedefs UINT, it's not part of the standard types.

In Dos, or early Win16, a UINT would likely have been the same as a unsigned short, not an unsigned long.

If you want to know for sure what the type is, you'd better create your own set of type names... it's easy, and better than hoping UINT does what you want. "typedef unsigned long bob;" will create a type "bob" which is an unsigned long. Substitute bob for whatever name you'd like.

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