unsigned char

[Data Types]

Description

An unsigned data type that occupies 1 byte of memory. Same as the byte datatype.The unsigned char datatype encodes numbers from 0 to 255.For consistency of 86Duino programming style, the byte data type is to be preferred.

Example Code

unsigned char myChar = 240;

See also

• [Language] byte
• [Language] int
• [Language] array
• [Language] Serial.println

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