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tounsigned
Converts any kind of 8/16/32/64 integers to its corresponding unsigned integers.
Available in version 5.2.0 and later.
Prototype
function tounsigned ( input_val : any kind of 8/16/32/64 integers. ) return_val [dimsizes(input_val)] : unsigned 8/16/32/64 integers.
Arguments
input_valA variable of any kind of 8/16/32/64 integers.
Return value
Returns corresponding 8/16/32/64 integers.
Description
This function converts any kind of 8/16/32/64 integers to its corresponding unsigned integers. If there is any missing value, it will be converted as well.
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Examples
Example 1
uv = new((/2/), ushort) uv = 65535H v = tosigned(uv) print(uv) ;print-out: ;Variable: uv ;Type: ushort ;... ;(0) 65535 ;(1) 65535 print(v) ;print-out: ;Variable: v ;Type: short ;... ;(0) -1 ;(1) -1 nuv = tounsigned(v) print(nuv) ;print-out: ;Variable: nuv ;Type: ushort ;... ;(0) 65535 ;(1) 65535Example 2
ui = new((/2/), uint) ;ui = 2147483647I ui = 4294967285I i = tosigned(uv)(ui) print(ui) print(i) nui = tounsigned(uv)(i) print(nui) ul = new((/2/), ulong) ;ul = 2147483647L ul = 4294967285L l = tosigned(uv)(ul) print(ul) print(l) nul = tounsigned(uv)(l) print(nul) ull = new((/2/), uint64) ull = 9223372036854775807Q ;ull = 18446744073709551615Q ull = 2 * ull + 1; ll = tosigned(uv)(ull) print(ull) print(ll) mull = tounsigned(uv)(ll) print(mull)