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What is a DWORD?

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Started by Fuzztrek September 11, 2002 03:12 PM

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Fuzztrek

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September 11, 2002 03:12 PM

Hey all, I was wondering.. what is a dword? is it a typedef-ed double or something? And, more to what I would like to know.. what is it''s format.. or.. formatter, for functions like printf and sprintf? Thanks in advance!! - Kyle ¬_¬

LessBread

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September 11, 2002 03:16 PM

unsigned long, %d

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CWizard

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September 11, 2002 03:19 PM

A word is usually 16-bit. DWORD or double word is 32 bit. Probably unsigned as well.

Fuzztrek

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September 11, 2002 03:21 PM

thanks!

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CWizard

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September 11, 2002 03:22 PM

LessBread: %d is signed decimal. Correct specifier for unsigned long is %u.

LessBread

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September 11, 2002 03:32 PM

quote:Original post by CWizard
LessBread: %d is signed decimal. Correct specifier for unsigned long is %u.

True. %d will still work though - in 2^31 - 1 cases

"I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes." - the Laughing Man

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