# Union type in Processing programming

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/union-type-in-processing-programming/31534>\
**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Created:** [August 1, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/union-type-in-processing-programming/31534 "2021-08-01T13:38:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![MJAhmadi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@MJAhmadi](https://discourse.processing.org/u/MJAhmadi)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/union-type-in-processing-programming/31534/1 "2021-08-01T13:38:25Z")

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hi , below code is for c++

typedef union{  
float number;  
uint8\_t bytes[4];  
} FLOATUNION\_t;

FLOATUNION\_t myValue;

how can i write it in processing ?

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**Author:** ![jafal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jafal/32/19112_2.png) [@jafal](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jafal)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/union-type-in-processing-programming/31534/2 "2021-08-01T14:28:01Z")

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> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28858714/union-typedef-in-java>