some help with math

[richard]

can i store the data as a word and then get it back as a byte or if needed a word if so how

http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=19949

[longpole001]

DT - ALL math done with these routines are done at the PRECISION level, and all variables used with the MATH functions must be (PRECISION) bytes in length.

re reading the post make it clear