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### ShortWord

#### Synopsis

    type
      ShortWord = ShortCard;

#### Description

`ShortWord` is an unsigned integer type which is not larger than `Word`. On most 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

Integer Types, Subrange Types.