Computer Science Canada How can I have an interchangeable datatype? |
| Author: | canmovie [ Fri Nov 23, 2012 10:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | How can I have an interchangeable datatype? |
I've used ints instead of floats for most of my variables in my program, and now I have to search for every int variable, and turn it into a float. How can I prevent this from happening again? I've thought about declaring everything as floats in the beginning if I think I may eventually turn them into floats later on, but is there another way? For example, can I somehow make the datatype a variable that i can change from int to float if I want to? What can I do while writing my program in the beginning to easily be able to change datatypes from int to float later on? Thanks in advance. |
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| Author: | y4y [ Fri Nov 23, 2012 12:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:How can I have an interchangeable datatype? |
can't say i have an exact solution, but for your situation i would simply use a define multivar in headers/top of your code and then simply switch from int to float when needed. or you could create a class that can process/contain both int and floats. also idk much about templates but this is possible in some way ( maybe using templates?) as some languages implement it. |
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| Author: | Insectoid [ Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:How can I have an interchangeable datatype? |
Did you really do this? Or did you make this up because you had a homework question asking you how to prevent this happening in the first place? |
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| Author: | md [ Fri Nov 23, 2012 3:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:How can I have an interchangeable datatype? |
No matter the case there is no reason to create three separate threads with the same (rather horrible) first post. Don't do it again. |
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