Old Wolf wrote:
[color=blue]
> sandSpiderX wrote:[color=green]
>>
>> Well, I say int x on platform XYZ,
>> can you write a program and tell me what the range of x is ?
>>[/color]
>
> #include <iostream>
> #include <climits>
>
> int main()
> {
> std::cout << "Range of int is " << INT_MIN
> << " to " << INT_MAX << std::endl;
> return 0;
> }[/color]
Or the C++ way:
http://www.josuttis.com/
/* The following code example is taken from the book
* "The C++ Standard Library - A Tutorial and Reference"
* by Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison-Wesley, 1999
*
* (C) Copyright Nicolai M. Josuttis 1999.
* Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this software
* is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies.
* This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
* warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
*/
#include <iostream>
#include <limits>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
// use textual representation for bool
cout << boolalpha;
// print maximum of integral types
cout << "max(short): " << numeric_limits<short>::max() << endl;
cout << "max(int): " << numeric_limits<int>::max() << endl;
cout << "max(long): " << numeric_limits<long>::max() << endl;
cout << endl;
// print maximum of floating-point types
cout << "max(float): "
<< numeric_limits<float>::max() << endl;
cout << "max(double): "
<< numeric_limits<double>::max() << endl;
cout << "max(long double): "
<< numeric_limits<long double>::max() << endl;
cout << endl;
// print whether char is signed
cout << "is_signed(char): "
<< numeric_limits<char>::is_signed << endl;
cout << endl;
// print whether numeric limits for type string exist
cout << "is_specialized(string): "
<< numeric_limits<string>::is_specialized << endl;
}
--
If our hypothesis is about anything and not about some one or more
particular things, then our deductions constitute mathematics. Thus
mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we
are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.-Bertrand Russell
