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### Byte

#### Synopsis

    type
      Byte  { built-in type }

#### Description

`Byte` is an unsigned integer type which is one "unit" wide. On most platforms one unit has 8 bits, therefore the type is named "byte" and usually has a range of `0..255`. (It is the same as ByteCard.)

`Byte` in GNU Pascal is compatible to `unsigned char` in GNU C.

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

#### Conforming to

`Byte` is a Borland Pascal extension. (For something equivalent in ISO Pascal, see Subrange Types.)

#### Example

    program ByteDemo;
    var
      a: Byte;
    begin
      a := 42;
      WriteLn (a)
    end.

#### See also

Integer Types, Subrange Types.