Question

Is there a 24Bit primitive integral datatype in C++?

If there is none, would it be possible to create a class int24 (, uint24 ) ?

Its purpose could be:

• manipulating soundfiles in 24 bit format
• manipulating bitmapdata without alphachannel

Answer 1

I wrote this to help me with audio manipulation. Its not the fastest but it works for me 🙂

const int INT24_MAX = 8388607;

class Int24
{
protected:
    unsigned char m_Internal[3];
public:
    Int24()
    {
    }

    Int24( const int val )
    {
        *this   = val;
    }

    Int24( const Int24& val )
    {
        *this   = val;
    }

    operator int() const
    {
        if ( m_Internal[2] & 0x80 ) // Is this a negative?  Then we need to siingn extend.
        {
            return (0xff << 24) | (m_Internal[2] << 16) | (m_Internal[1] << 8) | (m_Internal[0] << 0);
        }
        else
        {
            return (m_Internal[2] << 16) | (m_Internal[1] << 8) | (m_Internal[0] << 0);
        }
    }

    operator float() const
    {
        return (float)this->operator int();
    }

    Int24& operator =( const Int24& input )
    {
        m_Internal[0]   = input.m_Internal[0];
        m_Internal[1]   = input.m_Internal[1];
        m_Internal[2]   = input.m_Internal[2];

        return *this;
    }

    Int24& operator =( const int input )
    {
        m_Internal[0]   = ((unsigned char*)&input)[0];
        m_Internal[1]   = ((unsigned char*)&input)[1];
        m_Internal[2]   = ((unsigned char*)&input)[2];

        return *this;
    }

    /***********************************************/

    Int24 operator +( const Int24& val ) const
    {
        return Int24( (int)*this + (int)val );
    }

    Int24 operator -( const Int24& val ) const
    {
        return Int24( (int)*this - (int)val );
    }

    Int24 operator *( const Int24& val ) const
    {
        return Int24( (int)*this * (int)val );
    }

    Int24 operator /( const Int24& val ) const
    {
        return Int24( (int)*this / (int)val );
    }

    /***********************************************/

    Int24 operator +( const int val ) const
    {
        return Int24( (int)*this + val );
    }

    Int24 operator -( const int val ) const
    {
        return Int24( (int)*this - val );
    }

    Int24 operator *( const int val ) const
    {
        return Int24( (int)*this * val );
    }

    Int24 operator /( const int val ) const
    {
        return Int24( (int)*this / val );
    }

    /***********************************************/
    /***********************************************/


    Int24& operator +=( const Int24& val )
    {
        *this   = *this + val;
        return *this;
    }

    Int24& operator -=( const Int24& val )
    {
        *this   = *this - val;
        return *this;
    }

    Int24& operator *=( const Int24& val )
    {
        *this   = *this * val;
        return *this;
    }

    Int24& operator /=( const Int24& val )
    {
        *this   = *this / val;
        return *this;
    }

    /***********************************************/

    Int24& operator +=( const int val )
    {
        *this   = *this + val;
        return *this;
    }

    Int24& operator -=( const int val )
    {
        *this   = *this - val;
        return *this;
    }

    Int24& operator *=( const int val )
    {
        *this   = *this * val;
        return *this;
    }

    Int24& operator /=( const int val )
    {
        *this   = *this / val;
        return *this;
    }

    /***********************************************/
    /***********************************************/

    Int24 operator >>( const int val ) const
    {
        return Int24( (int)*this >> val );
    }

    Int24 operator <<( const int val ) const
    {
        return Int24( (int)*this << val );
    }

    /***********************************************/

    Int24& operator >>=( const int val )
    {
        *this = *this >> val;
        return *this;
    }

    Int24& operator <<=( const int val )
    {
        *this = *this << val;
        return *this;
    }

    /***********************************************/
    /***********************************************/

    operator bool() const
    {
        return (int)*this != 0;
    }

    bool operator !() const
    {
        return !((int)*this);
    }

    Int24 operator -()
    {
        return Int24( -(int)*this );
    }

    /***********************************************/
    /***********************************************/

    bool operator ==( const Int24& val ) const
    {
        return (int)*this == (int)val;
    }

    bool operator !=( const Int24& val ) const
    {
        return (int)*this != (int)val;
    }

    bool operator >=( const Int24& val ) const
    {
        return (int)*this >= (int)val;
    }

    bool operator <=( const Int24& val ) const
    {
        return (int)*this <= (int)val;
    }

    bool operator >( const Int24& val ) const
    {
        return (int)*this > (int)val;
    }

    bool operator <( const Int24& val ) const
    {
        return (int)*this < (int)val;
    }

    /***********************************************/

    bool operator ==( const int val ) const
    {
        return (int)*this == val;
    }

    bool operator !=( const int val ) const
    {
        return (int)*this != val;
    }

    bool operator >=( const int val ) const
    {
        return (int)*this >= val;
    }

    bool operator <=( const int val ) const
    {
        return (int)*this <= val;
    }

    bool operator >( const int val ) const
    {
        return ((int)*this) > val;
    }

    bool operator <( const int val ) const
    {
        return (int)*this < val;
    }

    /***********************************************/
    /***********************************************/
};