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chanzerre
chanzerre

Reputation: 2429

Storing 128 and 256 bit data types (ints and floats) in C without using any data structures (like arrays and others) and external libraries

How can i store 128 or 256 bit data types(ints and floats) without using any data structures(like arrays and others) and external libraries on a 64-bit machine.I am using codeblocks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1980

Answers (1)

Michael Rawson
Michael Rawson

Reputation: 1975

You cannot do this using the C language as laid out in the standard. However, depending on your compiler and architecture, you may have compiler-specific support for larger integer sizes. For instance, GCC supplies limited support for 128-bit integers, which you can use like so:

__int128 foo; //foo is a 128-bit signed integer.

However, the real question is probably why you are so determined not to use a library or basic language features like arrays to implement your own.

Upvotes: 2

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