Magic Number

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Kicon Kijin
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Magic Number

Post by Kicon Kijin »

The magic number is...
































255

Why is it always 255?
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Post by Crush »

255 is the largest number you can represent in one byte.
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Post by Matt »

???
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Post by ogberi »

It's a binary thing.

A byte is 8 bits. A bit has 2 states, 0 or 1.

So 2 ^ 8 = 256. Computers start counting at zero, so it's 0 to 255.
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Post by Matt »

Well. I know. But ... wtf ... why created he a thread about it. here? it doesnt make sense!

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