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Re: convert unsigned long long into char[4]

From Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: convert unsigned long long into char[4]
Date 2015-11-24 18:18 -0800
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bilsch01 <king621@comcast.net> writes:
> On 11/24/2015 05:21 PM, Barry Schwarz wrote:
[...]
>> Why is dc an unsigned long long?  It should fit in an unsigned int on
>> most current systems.
>
> dc is int
> 0x46464645 is not int

If int is (at least) 32 bits, then 0x46464645 is of type int.

If not, then it's of type long.

(It's barely possible that it's of type unsigned int, but that would
require an implementation where int has only 30 value bits.  As far as I
know, no such ipmlementations exist.)

[...]

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convert unsigned long long into char[4] bilsch01 <king621@comcast.net> - 2015-11-24 15:40 -0800
  Re: convert unsigned long long into char[4] Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2015-11-24 17:21 -0800
    Re: convert unsigned long long into char[4] bilsch01 <king621@comcast.net> - 2015-11-24 18:10 -0800
      Re: convert unsigned long long into char[4] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-24 18:18 -0800
  Re: convert unsigned long long into char[4] Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-25 00:23 -0800
    Re: convert unsigned long long into char[4] Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-11-25 11:54 +0000
    Re: convert unsigned long long into char[4] bilsch01 <king621@comcast.net> - 2015-11-25 11:35 -0800
  Re: convert unsigned long long into char[4] Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-11-28 22:06 +0000

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