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Type Inclusion

Numeric types include the values of smaller numeric types within the following hierarchy groups:

LONGREAL > REAL > SHORTREAL

LONGINT > INTEGER > SHORTINT

LONGCARD > CARDINAL > SHORTCARD

Within each group mixed-typed expressions are possible. The result type is the biggest type of its group being used in operands. If an expression uses numeric types of different groups, explicit type conversions must be used. See section standard function procedures for more information on how to convert between different types.


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