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4.4 Integer Data Types
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Octave supports integer matrices as an alternative to using double
precision.  It is possible to use both signed and unsigned integers
represented by 8, 16, 32, or 64 bits.  It should be noted that most
computations require floating point data, meaning that integers will
often change type when involved in numeric computations.  For this
reason integers are most often used to store data, and not for
calculations.

   In general most integer matrices are created by casting existing
matrices to integers.  The following example shows how to cast a matrix
into 32 bit integers.

     float = rand (2, 2)
          ⇒ float = 0.37569   0.92982
                     0.11962   0.50876
     integer = int32 (float)
          ⇒ integer = 0  1
                       0  1

As can be seen, floating point values are rounded to the nearest integer
when converted.

 -- : isinteger (X)
     Return true if X is an integer object (int8, uint8, int16, etc.).

     Note that ‘isinteger (14)’ is false because numeric constants in
     Octave are double precision floating point values.

     See also: Note: isfloat, Note: ischar,
     Note: islogical, Note: isstring, Note:
     isnumeric, Note: isa.

 -- : int8 (X)
     Convert X to 8-bit integer type.

     See also: Note: uint8, Note: int16, Note:
     uint16, Note: int32, *note uint32:
     XREFuint32, Note: int64, Note: uint64.

 -- : uint8 (X)
     Convert X to unsigned 8-bit integer type.

     See also: Note: int8, Note: int16, Note:
     uint16, Note: int32, *note uint32:
     XREFuint32, Note: int64, Note: uint64.

 -- : int16 (X)
     Convert X to 16-bit integer type.

     See also: Note: int8, Note: uint8, Note:
     uint16, Note: int32, *note uint32:
     XREFuint32, Note: int64, Note: uint64.

 -- : uint16 (X)
     Convert X to unsigned 16-bit integer type.

     See also: Note: int8, Note: uint8, Note:
     int16, Note: int32, Note: uint32,
     Note: int64, Note: uint64.

 -- : int32 (X)
     Convert X to 32-bit integer type.

     See also: Note: int8, Note: uint8, Note:
     int16, Note: uint16, *note uint32:
     XREFuint32, Note: int64, Note: uint64.

 -- : uint32 (X)
     Convert X to unsigned 32-bit integer type.

     See also: Note: int8, Note: uint8, Note:
     int16, Note: uint16, Note: int32,
     Note: int64, Note: uint64.

 -- : int64 (X)
     Convert X to 64-bit integer type.

     See also: Note: int8, Note: uint8, Note:
     int16, Note: uint16, Note: int32,
     Note: uint32, Note: uint64.

 -- : uint64 (X)
     Convert X to unsigned 64-bit integer type.

     See also: Note: int8, Note: uint8, Note:
     int16, Note: uint16, Note: int32,
     Note: uint32, Note: int64.

 -- : intmax (TYPE)
     Return the largest integer that can be represented in an integer
     type.

     The variable TYPE can be

     ‘int8’
          signed 8-bit integer.

     ‘int16’
          signed 16-bit integer.

     ‘int32’
          signed 32-bit integer.

     ‘int64’
          signed 64-bit integer.

     ‘uint8’
          unsigned 8-bit integer.

     ‘uint16’
          unsigned 16-bit integer.

     ‘uint32’
          unsigned 32-bit integer.

     ‘uint64’
          unsigned 64-bit integer.

     The default for TYPE is ‘int32’.

     See also: Note: intmin, Note: flintmax.

 -- : intmin (TYPE)
     Return the smallest integer that can be represented in an integer
     type.

     The variable TYPE can be

     ‘int8’
          signed 8-bit integer.

     ‘int16’
          signed 16-bit integer.

     ‘int32’
          signed 32-bit integer.

     ‘int64’
          signed 64-bit integer.

     ‘uint8’
          unsigned 8-bit integer.

     ‘uint16’
          unsigned 16-bit integer.

     ‘uint32’
          unsigned 32-bit integer.

     ‘uint64’
          unsigned 64-bit integer.

     The default for TYPE is ‘int32’.

     See also: Note: intmax, Note: flintmax.

 -- : flintmax ()
 -- : flintmax ("double")
 -- : flintmax ("single")
     Return the largest integer that can be represented consecutively in
     a floating point value.

     The default class is "double", but "single" is a valid option.  On
     IEEE 754 compatible systems, ‘flintmax’ is 2^{53} for "double" and
     2^{24} for "single".

     See also: Note: intmax, Note: realmax,
     Note: realmin.

Integer Arithmetic