Re: Unsigned Integer

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From: Duane Bozarth (dp_bozarth_at_swko.dot.net)
Date: 02/27/04

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    Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 19:39:17 -0600

    Farsad Nasseri wrote:
    >
    > What do you declare ix% an iy% as? integers? longs?
    >
    > and isn't ">" the equivilant of >> in C?
    >
    > Thanks again for the help

    Oh, you really <don't> know VB, do you? :)

    The trailing "%" on the variable name declares it as Integer (from BASIC
    rules before the As Type syntax was introduced by MS). The trailing "&"
    is the identifier for a Long. (These are all in the help files for data
    types). I just used the shorthand nomenclature as you can type Dim in
    the Immediate window and I wanted a specific length for the
    demonstration.

    ">" and "<" are relational operators in VB as in C...

    BTW, this question (or related ones about bit operations) comes up
    frequently. It seems to me that within the last year we went through
    and developed a set of routines for another poster in
    comp.lang.visual.basic.misc, the other VB ng I monitor. You might try
    Googling there. I'd also wager there's a reasonable chance of finding a
    set of routines on some of the VB code sites.

    Unfortunately, I can't provide a packaged set of routines myself as I
    did take the easy way out of using Fortran intrinsics (Fortran's my
    primary language, I use VB mostly for GUIs in front of the computation
    engine) so I simply link these in when/if I need them. But, as I say,
    it isn't that difficult to roll you own little functions.

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