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1.5 <limits.h>

The header <limits.h>, defines constants for the sizes of integral types.  The values below are acceptable minimum magnitudes; larger values may be used.

CHAR_BIT 8 bits in a char
CHAR_MAX UCHAR_MAX or SCHAR_MAX maximum value of char
CHAR_MIN 0 or SCHAR_MIN minimum value of char
INT_MAX +32767 maximum value of int
INT_MIN -32767 minimum value of int
LONG_MAX +2147483647 maximum value of long
LONG_MIN -2147483647 minimum value of long
SCHAR_MAX +127 maximum value of signed char
SCHAR_MIN -127 minimum value of signed char
SHRT_MAX +32767 maximum value of short
SHRT_MIN -32767 minimum value of short
UCHAR_MAX 255 maximum value of unsigned char
UINT_MAX 65535 maximum value of unsigned int
ULONG_MAX 4294967295 maximum value of unsigned long
USHRT_MAX 65535 maximum value of unsigned short
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