Release 4.0

Datatype int

An integer is a number of the set Z = {..., -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, ...}.

Integers can be specified only in decimal (10-based) notation, optionally preceded by a sign (- or +). You may use scientific notation.

	d = 1234; // decimal number
	d = -123; // a negative number
	d = 1.3E+6; // 1 300 000

The size of an integer is 32 bit. Internally the compiler takes care about integers only when loading and storing them from/to memory.

Integers are converted automatically to other datatypes if necessary and allowed. Because they are just truncated real values they seem to behave very similar to the real datatype.

Converting to:

• bool: 0 gets converted to false, any other value gets converted to true.
• real: integer value gets converted to exactly the same value
• complex: integer value gets converted to a complex number with real part=integer value, imaginary part=0
• quaternion: integer value gets converted to a quaternion number with real part=integer value, all other parts are set to 0

Converting from:

• bool: false gets converted to 0, true gets converted to 1.
• real: converting a real value to integer just rounds towards zero (i.e. fractional part truncated).
• complex: the resulting integer value is the truncated part of the real component
• quaternion: the resulting integer value is the truncated part of the real component