int8 or char variable?

[rnielsen]

Simple question....

I'm capturing a series of 8bit data on a port and will be storing the word in a variable to be formatted and printed at a later time. Which do you believe would be better, an int8 or a char for the variable? Or would it really matter?

Ronald

[Ttelmah]

Doesn't matter at all.
In some languages, using things like unicode, they are different, but in CCS (assuming PCH PCB or PCM), they are identical.
I'd probably use BYTE, since this is inherently unsigned, while int8 on most computers is signed (it isn't in CCS).

Best Wishes

[rnielsen]

Thanks. Figured as such but I thought I'd just make sure.

Ronald