pTAL Reference Manual (H06.08+)

Data Representation

HP pTAL Reference Manual—523746-006

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INT Numeric

base

indicates a number base as follows:

The default base is decimal.

integer

is one or more of the following digits:

Examples of INT numeric constants:

The system stores signed integers in two’s complement notation. It obtains the

negative of a number by inverting each bit position in the number, and then adding 1.

Representation Signed or unsigned 16-bit integer

Range (unsigned) 0 through 65,535

Range (signed) -32,768 through 32,767

Octal %

Binary %b

Hexadecimal %h

Decimal 0 through 9

Octal 0 through 7

Binary 0 or 1

Hexadecimal 0 through 9, A through F (not case-sensitive)

Decimal 3

-32045

Octal %177

-%5

Binary %B01010

%b1001111000010001

Hexadecimal %H1A

%h2f

2 is stored as 0000000000000010

-2 is stored as 1111111111111110

base

integer

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