Free Pascal - Explicit conversion to 8-bit integer: shortint

The required type conversion can be carried out as follows:

shortint

 shortint (expr)

Used keywords: shortint

Explicit conversion to 8-bit integer the possible of use:

xmin := -128; ymax := 127;
x:= -5;           // x = -5
y:= -(15 mod 4);   // y = -3
y := shortint((x * y));    // z = 15

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