Type I8

Validity: Rule, Task

This keyword allows you to define an 8-bit integer numeric variable in 2's complement with sign.

Syntax	I8
Minimum representable number	-128
Maximum representable number	127
Size	1 Byte
Note	If precedes, in brackets, the variable name performs a force operation CAST

Some numbers in the two representation systems:

Hexadecimal representation	Decimal representation
0XA	10
0AH	10
10H	16
7FH	127
80H	-128
0FFH	-1

Example of use:

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; definition of local variables task 1

;----------------------------------------

I8 pippo, pluto

I8 support

; example of force type "CAST"

; appo is an integer type variable with 16 bit sign

; pippo is an integer type variable with 8-bit sign

I16 appo

I8 peppo

; the value of appo is converted from 16 to 8 bits

; then assigned to peppo

peppo = (I8)(appo)

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