1. A First C Program (mixing datatypes)
Department of Computer and Information Science, School of Science, IUPUI
A First C Program
(mixing datatypes)
Dale Roberts, Lecturer
Computer Science, IUPUI

2. Data Type Conversion Rule #1 float  double
char, short  int
float  double
Rule #2 (double ← long ← unsigned ← int)
If either operand is double, the other is converted to double, and the result is double
Otherwise, if either operand is long, the other is converted to long, and the result is long
Otherwise, if either operand is unsigned, the other is converted to unsigned, and the result is unsigned
Otherwise, the operand must be int

3. Examples Example: c: char, u: unsigned, i: int, d: double, f:float,
s: short, l: long,
Expression Final Data Type Explanation
c – s / i int shortint, int/int, charint, int-int
u * 3 – i unsigned int(3)unsigned,
unsigned*unsigned=unsigned,
intunsigned, unsigned-unsigned=unsigned
u * 3.0 – i double unsigneddouble, double*double,
intdouble, double-double=double
c + i int charint
c double charint (rule 1), intdouble(rule 2)
3 * s * l long shortint, int*int, intlong, long*long

4. Data Type Conversion (cont.)
Note:
Conversion of int to long preserves sign, so does short
Var = expr
f = d; /* round off */
i = f;
/* truncates fractions part, if the number is too big to fit, the result is undetermined */
i = l; s = i; and c = i; /* may eliminate high order bits */

5. If a specific type is required, the following syntax may be used, called cast operator.
(type) expr
Example:
float f=2.5;
x = (int)f + 1;
/* the result is 3, Q: will f value be changed? */
Unsigned int to int:
there is not actual conversion between int and unsigned int.
Example:(Assuming 2’s complement machine and int is 2 bytes long)
unsigned i = 65535; int j;
j = i; /* j will be –1 */
j = -2;
unsigned i = 1 + j; /* i= */