"Word" is not a native c-type but is a typedef that usually refers to a
2-byte unsigned integer value. It originally refered to the optimal
unsigned value for a given chip set...you know the "chip's word size"? But
I think those days are gone...it has been 2-bytes for so long no-one knows
any different...
As for hex...experience, the more you see it the more you get used to
it...for example 0x20 is the hex value for an ascii ' ' space character
which has a decimal value of 32. I think you could actually insert 0x20s
into my newspaper and it would take me a while to realize that are
there...give it time. But do learn the how to do conversions between hex
and decimal and understand the number systems themselves...
Now...back on topic.
-bryanw
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Joseph
Showalter
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 5:41 AM
To: Palm Developer Forum
Subject: Variable Types
I am new to the "C" world.
What is the type "Word" I see so often?
Also I am try to learn how to understand hex better.
How do you interpret the value of hex to human comprehension?
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Joseph
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