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ReversalGames
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Posted: 26th Apr 2020 15:17 Edited at: 26th Apr 2020 15:19
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I was so surprise when i discovered that the Integer LIMIT is 2^31 and not 2^64

I can't believe that is the limit for integer value

Seriously, what am i doing wrong here …

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Bengismo
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Posted: 26th Apr 2020 15:42 Edited at: 26th Apr 2020 15:47
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This is covered in AGK's documentation:

In AppGameKit the integer variable is a signed 32bit value from (-2^31 to 2^31-1)
Quote: "INTEGER Range : -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647"


https://www.appgamekit.com/documentation/principles/1_datatypes.htm

An integer in computer science is most commonly 32 bits too. INT shouldnt really be used to specifically described 64bit numbers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer_(computer_science)

A 64 bit value is normally long long, long word, quadword, quad, etc... If an integer type is used to store 64bits it is normally called an int64 specifically as it is larger than the 'normal' implementation.
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Posted: 26th Apr 2020 16:27 Edited at: 26th Apr 2020 16:54
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Hi Bengismo,

I should have been more precise in my question.

AGK is limited to Numerical Integer and Float definition (unless i missed something)

We should have at least the following


So the possibility of an unsigned Integer would be great

I have been programming since the 80's and even then i was able to calculate numbers over 32 bits


So to have a limitation of 32 bits today doesn't make sense even more and the year 2020 !!!.
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Bengismo
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Posted: 26th Apr 2020 16:53
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It might be a good idea to make a request more datatypes on github if you do genuinely have need for larger types.

Other people have requested doubles (64bit floats) and long int's (int64) before now on the forums but they have not been added as of yet.
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ReversalGames
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Posted: 26th Apr 2020 16:55
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Good Idea !!!

Thank's
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Posted: 27th Apr 2020 15:38
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Get your request in quickly, there's a new update coming later this week!
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Hi Scraggle,

I did it on the 26th on GitHub.com
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