True- I did overlook that part. MH On 4/20/06, peiserma@ridgid.com wrote: > piclist-bounces@mit.edu wrote: > > On 4/20/06, Mike Hord wrote: > >> > >> How good a match do you need? If you REALLY need to know exactly > >> what it is, pen and paper might be your best bet. > >> > >> 16^16 = 18446744073709551616 > >> > >> Square that, and there's your answer. > >> > >> Mike H. > > > > > > Is't it 256 ^ 16 ? > > Assuming it is an unsiged number it should be (16^32)-1. > > Maybe an example is easiest to understand: > 0xF = (16^1)-1 = 15 > 0xFF = (16^2)-1 = 255 > 0xFFFF = (16^4)-1 = 65535 > > Remember that while each hex digit is base-16, it represents 0 to 15... > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist