From:	Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: LARGE numbers.
Date:	Thu, 27 Aug 1998 20:20:37 -0300
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Kevin Ashley wrote:

> double dvar;
>         dvar = 25834242042;

    This line WILL work, I've already uploaded example code that shows this working.

> This won't work because the RHS of this expression is an INTEGER constant.
> We've already established this number's too big for an integer.
> Instead, write:
>         dvar = 25834242042.;

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