[Gambas-user] unsigned int datatype for external function

[Demosthenes Koptsis]

Thanks Benoît !


On 06/10/2018 09:31 PM, Benoît Minisini wrote:
> Le 10/06/2018 à 17:38, Demosthenes Koptsis a écrit :
>> hello,
>>
>> i want to use an unsigned int in external function, which gambas 
>> datatype should i use?
>>
>> Integer or Long?
>>
>> The range of values is 0 to 4,294,967,295
>>
>>
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>
> You must use the Integer datatype.
>
> Then if you want to get the real unsigned integer value, as there is 
> no UnsignedInteger datatype in Gambas (sorry for that), you have to do 
> this trick:
>
> Public Sub UnsignedIntegerToLong(X As Integer) As Long
>
>   Return CLong(X) And (Lsl(1, 32) - 1)
>
> End
>
> Public Sub LongToUnsignedIntegerToLong(X As Integer) As Integer
>
>   Return X
>
> End
>