int i =2147483647 //(Max_Value);int j=i*2; j=?

[sam huang]

The result is -2.
Why?
[ January 04, 2003: Message edited by: sam huang ]

[John Lee]

In binary,
i = 0111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 (you can verify, this add up to 2147483647)
j = i * 2
= 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1110
First bite is 1, so j is negative.
| j | = 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0010
so j = -2