Byte

Synopsis

     type
       Byte  { built-in type }

Description

Byte is an unsigned integer type which is one “unit” wide. On most platforms one unit has 8 bits, therefore the type is named “byte” and usually has a range of 0 .. 255. (It is the same as ByteCard.)

Byte in GNU Pascal is compatible to unsigned char in GNU C.

There are lots of other integer types in GPC, see Integer Types.

Conforming to

Byte is a Borland Pascal extension. (For something equivalent in ISO Pascal, see Subrange Types.)

Example

     program ByteDemo;
     var
       a: Byte;
     begin
       a := 42;
       WriteLn (a)
     end.

See also

Integer Types, Subrange Types.