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## 9.259 SmallInt

### Synopsis

    type
      SmallInt = ShortInt;

### Description

``SmallInt'` is a signed integer type which is not larger than ``Integer'`. On most platforms it is 16 bits wide and thus has a range of ``-32768..32767'`. It is the same as ``ShortInt'` (see section 9.251 ShortInt).

There are lots of other integer types in GPC, see section 8.2.3 Integer Types.

### Conforming to

``SmallInt'` is a Delphi 2.0 extension.

### Example

    program SmallIntDemo;
    var
      a: SmallInt;
    begin
      a := 42;
      WriteLn (a)
    end.

### See also

section 9.251 ShortInt, section 8.2.3 Integer Types, section 8.2.10.1 Subrange Types.

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