Re: Support for 8 bit integers

[pkienzle]

Other than requiring 8x memory, the following is the same as uint8.

function y = uint8(x)
   y = round(x); # or maybe ceil() or floor().
   y(y<0) = 0;
   y(y>255) = 255;
endfunction

Paul Kienzle
> Is it possible to create 8 bit integer objects with
> Octave? What I am thinking about is something like the
> Matlab function: "uint8(...)", which converts floating
> point numbers to 8 bit integers.
> 
> I have looked in the Octave manual and in the
> mailinglist archive. However, with no luck.
> 
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