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class EBH005 {
public static void main (String[] s) {
byte b = 127; b <<= 2;System.out.println(b);
}}

What is the result of attempting to compile and run the program?

a. Prints: -4
b. Prints: -3
c. Prints: -2
d. Prints: 0
e. Prints: 1
f. Prints: 127
g. Prints: 508
h. Run-time error
i. Compile-time error
j. None of the above

The answer to above ? is a. Can anybody exaplin me that ? The answer is -4 and I didnot get how 11111100 is converted to -4 ? I know, its two's complement...but still can anybody elaborate it further ?
 
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I did not get how 11111100 is converted to -4?


The leftmost bit indicates the sign (negative, in this case). Flip the bits and add 1.

Flipped: 00000011
Add 1: 00000100

Read the last number as binary and remember the sign. Ergo, -4.

Hope this helps.
 
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Yatikashipurut,

The answer is in your question. 11111100 is the 2's compliment of -4. Here's how it works:

In order to get a negative number in binary using 2's compliment, you flip all the bits and add one. So,

00000100 => 4

11111011 => flip all the bits
00000001 => add one
---------
11111100 => -4

Do the same process again to go back to +4.

11111100 => -4

00000011 => flip all the bits
00000001 => add one
---------
00000100 => 4
[ August 25, 2005: Message edited by: Ryan Kade ]
 
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