integer and long max/min values

[Vijay.Singh at nokia.com]

Write a simple C program to ++ an int or long variable and see when it overflows.

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> Tim Kientzle
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 12:24 AM
> To: Jay Sern Liew
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> Subject: Re: integer and long max/min values
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> 
> Jay Sern Liew wrote:
> > how do I find out the maximum (and minimum) value a long 
> and int will hold
> > in C? (before it overflows or underflows)
> 
> #include <limits.h>
> 
> INT_MAX and INT_MIN  are the max/min values for an int
> LONG_MAX and LONG_MIN are the max/min values for long.
> 
> Also, see stdint.h, which is defined in C99.
> 
> Also, buy a good C reference book.  ;-)
> 
> Tim Kientzle
> 
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