Int(3) = 1 Byte Binary -127 to +127, needs one byte to hold the complete range, but the maximum value consists of 3 digits
Int(5) = SmallInt - 2 Byte Binary, needs 2 Byte to hold the complete range, but the maximum value consists of 5 digits
Int(10) = Integer - 4 Byte Binary, needs 4 Byte to hold the complete range, but the maximum value consists of 10 digits
Int(20) = BigInt - 8 Byte Binary, needs 8 Byte to hold the complete range, but the maximim value consists of 19 digits
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-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Justin Taylor
Sent: Donnerstag, 19. September 2019 16:43
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Integer type in DDS PF?
That makes sense. Like in RPG, int(3), int(5), etc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Waterbury [mailto:mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 9:21 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Integer type in DDS PF?
Justin,
It may help shed some light on the subject to know why "4" vs. "9" --
That is the number of decimal digits that will fit into an integer of that size (2 bytes or 4 bytes) "safely" (e.g. without any truncation).
Mark S. Waterbury
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