The type WORD
is encoded in a 16 bit format and is used to perform processing
on series of bits.
This table shows the upper/lower limits of each of the bases that can be used:
Base |
Lower limit |
Upper limit |
---|---|---|
Hexadecimal |
16#0 |
16#FFFF |
Octal |
8#0 |
8#177777 |
Binary |
2#0 |
2#1111111111111111 |
Examples of representation
Data |
Representation in one of the bases |
---|---|
0000000011010011 |
16#D3 |
1010101010101010 |
8#125252 |
0000000011010011 |
2#11010011 |