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.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_IntObj 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
.BS
.SH NAME
Tcl_NewIntObj, Tcl_NewLongObj, Tcl_SetIntObj, Tcl_SetLongObj, Tcl_GetIntFromObj, Tcl_GetLongFromObj \- manipulate Tcl objects as integers
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
.sp
Tcl_Obj *
\fBTcl_NewIntObj\fR(\fIintValue\fR)
.sp
Tcl_Obj *
\fBTcl_NewLongObj\fR(\fIlongValue\fR)
.sp
\fBTcl_SetIntObj\fR(\fIobjPtr, intValue\fR)
.sp
\fBTcl_SetLongObj\fR(\fIobjPtr, longValue\fR)
.sp
int
\fBTcl_GetIntFromObj\fR(\fIinterp, objPtr, intPtr\fR)
.sp
int
\fBTcl_GetLongFromObj\fR(\fIinterp, objPtr, longPtr\fR)
.SH ARGUMENTS
.AS Tcl_Interp *interp
.AP int intValue in
Integer value used to initialize or set an integer object.
.AP long longValue in
Long integer value used to initialize or set an integer object.
.AP Tcl_Obj *objPtr in/out
For \fBTcl_SetIntObj\fR and \fBTcl_SetLongObj\fR,
this points to the object to be converted to integer type.
For \fBTcl_GetIntFromObj\fR and \fBTcl_GetLongFromObj\fR,
this refers to the object
from which to get an integer or long integer value; 
if \fIobjPtr\fR does not already point to an integer object,
an attempt will be made to convert it to one.
.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in/out
If an error occurs during conversion,
an error message is left in the interpreter's result object
unless \fIinterp\fR is NULL.
.AP int *intPtr out
Points to place to store the integer value
obtained by \fBTcl_GetIntFromObj\fR from \fIobjPtr\fR.
.AP long *longPtr out
Points to place to store the long integer value
obtained by \fBTcl_GetLongFromObj\fR from \fIobjPtr\fR.
.BE

.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
These procedures are used to create, modify, and read
integer Tcl objects from C code.
\fBTcl_NewIntObj\fR, \fBTcl_NewLongObj\fR,
\fBTcl_SetIntObj\fR, and \fBTcl_SetLongObj\fR
create a new object of integer type
or modify an existing object to have integer type. 
\fBTcl_NewIntObj\fR and \fBTcl_SetIntObj\fR set the object to have the
integer value given by \fIintValue\fR,
while \fBTcl_NewLongObj\fR and \fBTcl_SetLongObj\fR
set the object to have the
long integer value given by \fIlongValue\fR.
\fBTcl_NewIntObj\fR and \fBTcl_NewLongObj\fR
return a pointer to a newly created object with reference count zero.
These procedures set the object's type to be integer
and assign the integer value to the object's internal representation
\fIlongValue\fR member.
\fBTcl_SetIntObj\fR and \fBTcl_SetLongObj\fR
invalidate any old string representation and,
if the object is not already an integer object,
free any old internal representation.
.PP
\fBTcl_GetIntFromObj\fR and \fBTcl_GetLongFromObj\fR
attempt to return an integer value from the Tcl object \fIobjPtr\fR.
If the object is not already an integer object,
they will attempt to convert it to one.
If an error occurs during conversion, they return \fBTCL_ERROR\fR
and leave an error message in the interpreter's result object
unless \fIinterp\fR is NULL.
Also, if the long integer held in the object's internal representation
\fIlongValue\fR member can not be represented in a (non-long) integer,
\fBTcl_GetIntFromObj\fR returns \fBTCL_ERROR\fR
and leaves an error message in the interpreter's result object
unless \fIinterp\fR is NULL.
Otherwise, both procedures return \fBTCL_OK\fR and
store the integer or the long integer value
in the address given by \fIintPtr\fR and \fIlongPtr\fR respectively.
If the object is not already an integer object,
the conversion will free any old internal representation.

.SH "SEE ALSO"
Tcl_NewObj, Tcl_DecrRefCount, Tcl_IncrRefCount, Tcl_GetObjResult

.SH KEYWORDS
integer, integer object, integer type, internal representation, object, object type, string representation