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### ShortWord

#### Synopsis

         type
           ShortWord = ShortCard;

#### Description

`ShortWord` is an unsigned integer type which is not larger than `Word`. On some platforms it is 16 bits wide and thus has a range of `0 .. 65535`. It is the same as ShortCard.

`ShortWord` in GNU Pascal is compatible to `short unsigned int` in GNU C.

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

#### Conforming to

`ShortWord` is a GNU Pascal extension.

`ShortWord` in GNU Pascal essentially corresponds to `Word` in Borland Pascal and Delphi where it is a 16-bit unsigned integer type.

#### Example

         program ShortWordDemo;
         var
           a: ShortWord;
         begin
           a := 42;
           WriteLn (a)
         end.

#### See also

ShortCard, Integer Types, Subrange Types.