Reputation: 2341

What type for an integer of more than 4 bytes?

I have to use unsigned integers that could span to more than 4 bytes, what type should I use?

PS Sorry for the "noobism" but that's it :D

NB: I need integers because i have to do divisions and care only for the integer parts and this way int are useful

Upvotes: 2

Answers (5)

Kim Sullivan

Reputation: 957

If you need really long integers (arbitrary precision), you could also try the gmp library, which also provides a C++ class based interface.

Upvotes: 2

CesarB

Reputation: 45535

Simply include <stdint.h> and use int64_t and uint64_t (since you want unsigned, you want uint64_t).

There are several other useful variants on that header, like the least variants (uint_least64_t is a type with at least 64 bits) and the fast variants (uint_fast64_t is the fastest integer type with at least 64 bits). Also very useful are intptr_t/uintptr_t (large enough for a void * pointer) and intmax_t/uintmax_t (largest type).

And if for some reason your compiler doesn't have a <stdint.h> (since IIRC it's a C standard, not a C++ one), you can use Boost's boost/cstdint.hpp (which you can use even if you do have a <stdint.h>, since in that case it should simply forward to the compiler's header).

Upvotes: 12