How to Declare a 32-bit Integer in C

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ZZ Coder picture ZZ Coder · Aug 4, 2009 · Viewed 98.2k times · Source

What's the best way to declare an integer type which is always 4 byte on any platforms? I don't worry about certain device or old machines which has 16-bit int.

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Corey D picture Corey D · Aug 4, 2009 
#include <stdint.h>

int32_t my_32bit_int;

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