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### ShortInt

#### Synopsis

    type
      ShortInt  { built-in type }

#### Description

`ShortInt` 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`.

`ShortInt` in GNU Pascal is compatible to `short int` in GNU C.

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

#### Conforming to

`ShortInt` is a Borland Pascal extension. In Borland Pascal, `ShortInt` is an 8-bit signed integer type (`ByteInt` in GNU Pascal).

#### Example

    program ShortIntDemo;
    var
      a: ShortInt;
    begin
      a := 42;
      WriteLn (a)
    end.

#### See also

Integer Types, Subrange Types.