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### Word

#### Synopsis

    type
      Word = Cardinal;

#### Description

`Word` is the "natural" unsigned integer type in GNU Pascal. On most platforms it is 32 bits wide and thus has a range of `0..4294967295`. It is the same as Cardinal, introduced for compatibility with other Pascal compilers.

`Word` in GNU Pascal is compatible to `unsigned int` in GNU C.

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

#### Conforming to

ISO Pascal does not define `Cardinal`. (However see Subrange Types.)

The `Word` type appears in Borland Pascal and Delphi, too, where it is a 16-bit unsigned integer type.

#### Example

    program WordDemo;
    var
      a: Word;
    begin
      a := 42;
      WriteLn (a)
    end.

#### See also

Integer Types, Subrange Types.