From: youknowwhat.mccranie@adelphia.net   
      
   On 25 Apr 2005 21:30:45 -0700, "Sm704"  wrote:   
      
   >I see a lot of source code that use functions like WORD() or LONGINT(),   
   >but I have never seen this documented.   
      
   It typecasts the argument as the type shown.  It is used from time to   
   time.  One of the main uses is if you have two integers to multiply,   
   and the result will be a longint - then x * longint(y) will do it and   
   not overflow the integer.   
      
      
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