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Byte:Type()

Type

A whole number from 0 to 255, in one byte

Byte is a whole-number type that takes one byte of memory and holds 0 to 255. A value outside that range wraps round: 256 is stored as 0, 300 as 44 and -1 as 255.

Mostly used for arrays of raw data, where it takes a quarter of the memory of an Int array: file contents read with fileReadBytes, image or level data, anything byte by byte. In sums it acts like an Int. Use ToInt to put an element into an Int variable.

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Global buffer:Byte[2048]

Local f:Int = fileReadFile("level.dat")
Local got:Int = fileReadBytes(f, buffer, 2048)
fileCloseFile(f)
Local first:Int = ToInt(buffer[0])
Print "First byte: " & ToString(first)

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