type conversion float and long

[sriamar]

Hello,

How does the type conversion work if the expression involves a float
and long int?

By K&R 2nd Ed i assume
float & long -> float & float .

But does the 'long' qualifier affect this in any way?. Because I dont
remember seeing something like 'long float ' anywhere and only 'long
double' exists.

Can somebody clarify this please.

Amar

[Mike Wahler]

Re: type conversion float and long

"sriamar" <sriamar@gmail. com> wrote in message
news:1106326142 .853469.249930@ z14g2000cwz.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> How does the type conversion work if the expression involves a float
> and long int?
>
> By K&R 2nd Ed i assume
> float & long -> float & float .[/color]

Well, that's certainly not a valid C expression.
Exactly what did you read, and where, in K&R2?
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>
> But does the 'long' qualifier affect this[/color]

Affect what?
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>in any way?. Because I dont
> remember seeing something like 'long float ' anywhere and only 'long
> double' exists.[/color]

There is no long float.

There are:

long int
unsigned long int
signed long int (which is the same thing as long int)
long double
long nights without enough coffee :-)

Perhaps you were reading about 'double' having greater range
and precision than that required 'float', and (informally)
being called a 'long float', or 'longer float'. But there's
no actual such type in C.

-Mike

[Jack Klein]

Re: type conversion float and long

On 21 Jan 2005 08:49:02 -0800, "sriamar" <sriamar@gmail. com> wrote in
comp.lang.c:
[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> How does the type conversion work if the expression involves a float
> and long int?
>
> By K&R 2nd Ed i assume
> float & long -> float & float .
>
> But does the 'long' qualifier affect this in any way?. Because I dont
> remember seeing something like 'long float ' anywhere and only 'long
> double' exists.
>
> Can somebody clarify this please.
>
> Amar[/color]

If an expression involves a float and any integer type, any at all,
the value of the integer is converted to a float. The 'long' in "long
int" is not a qualifier, it is part of the type. And it makes no
difference.

We can go further and state the general rule: in any operation
involving any floating point type and any integer type, the value of
the integer type is converted to the floating point type. Which
floating point type and which integer type is immaterial.

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