How to declare an unsigned 32-bit integer?
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09-06-2021 - |
Question
Is there a way to declare a 32-bit unsigned integer in PowerShell?
I'm trying to add an unsigned (begin with 0xf
) i.e. 0xff000000 + 0xAA
, but it turned out to be a negative number whereas I want it to be 0xff0000AA
.
Solution
0xff00000AA is too large for a 32 bit unsigned integer, use uint64
PS> [uint64]0xff00000AA
68451041450
OTHER TIPS
The code from the currently accepted answer causes the following error on my system:
This is because PowerShell always tries to convert hex values to int first so even if you cast to uint64
, the environment will complain if the number has a negative int value. You can see this from the following example:
PS C:\> [uint64] (-1)
Cannot convert value "-1" to type "System.UInt64". Error: "Value was either too large or too small for a UInt64."
At line:1 char:26
+ Invoke-Expression $ENUS; [uint64] (-1)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidCastIConvertible
You need to cast the string representation of the number to uint64
to avoid this:
[uint64]"0xff000000" + [uint64]"0xAA"
I'm assuming you meant 0xff0000AA
since, as others have mentioned, 0xff00000AA
is an overflow.
The easiest way to do this is to convert the value from a string. You can either use System.Convert
:
[System.Convert]::ToUInt32('0xff0000AA',16)
[System.Convert]::ToUInt32('ff0000AA',16)
Or just try to cast the string, but in this case you need to prepend the 0x
:
[uint32]'0xff0000AA'
If, on the other hand, you really did want to know the 32-bit unsigned integer portion of the 64-bit number `0xff00000aa', then you could do this:
[System.Convert]::ToUInt32([System.Convert]::ToString(0xff00000AA -band ([uint32]::MaxValue),16),16)
The simplest way is to cast to [uint32]
from a long
literal (with the L
suffix). You don't need to do the math in [uint64]
or cast from a string
[uint32]0xff000000L + 0xAA
In PowerShell 6.2 a series of new suffixes have been added including a u
suffix fof uint32
so this can be done even simpler
0xff000000u + 0xAA