Re: Fully freeform file information DS

On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 4:39 PM, Glenn Gundermann
<glenn.gundermann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Even in fixed form, an integer of 4,0 wouldn't be allowed so your dilemna
isn't restricted to free-form.

Right, there's no such thing as a "4-digit" int, but in the fixed form
definition, the NUM_RCDS subfield was shown using from-to buffer
position notation (starting at position 156, extending to position
159), so what is needed is a 4-byte int.

int(3) ranges from -128 to 127
int(5) ranges from -32768 to 32767
int(10) ranges from -2147483648 to 2147483647

Correct, but you may want to expand on your notes. The 3-digit int
corresponds to 1 byte (2**8 possible values), 5-digit int is 2 bytes
(2**16 possible values), and 10-digit int is 4 bytes (2**32 possible
values).

In all cases above, I've used "digit" to mean base-10 digit.

John Y.