Unsigned8 Type ("M" Reference)

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The Unsigned8 type encompasses all unsigned integers with fewer than 9 digits of precision.

Operators

The unary operations in the following table take Unsigned8 as a right operand.

Operator	Return
+, -	Unsigned8

The binary operations in the following table take Unsigned8 as a left operand.

Operator	Right Operand	Return
+, -	Unsigned	Unsigned
*, /, %	Unsigned	Unsigned
>, <, <=, >=, ==, !=	Unsigned	Logical

The arithmetic operations (+, -, *, /, %) are specialized to return the most specific type of its operands. For example, Unsigned8 + Unsigned8 returns Unsigned8, while Unsigned8 + Unsigned64 returns Unsigned64).

Remarks

The following operations may cause underflow and overflow errors:

• The predefined unary - operator.

• The predefined +, -, *, and / binary operators.

• Explicit numeric conversions from one Number type to another.

If all of the operands are constant expressions, underflow and overflow is a compile error; otherwise, underflow and overflow is a runtime error.

The following operations may cause a divide by zero error:

• The predefined / and % binary operators.

If the second operand (the denominator) is a constant expression, divide by zero is a compile error; otherwise, divide by zero is a runtime error.

Code Example

The following code shows the Millimeters field being declared as an Unsigned8 type and receiving the value of 43.

Millimeters : Unsigned8 = 43;