Any one please help explain how to represent a negative number by bit? Please give a few examples. Thanks!
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Any bit-type number that has a "1" in the highest position is negative.
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Jello Yao
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What is the bit representation for -5? I know how to do it for 5(00000101). But I do not know how to do it for a negative number? Any tips? Thanks!
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follow the ff: binary of decimal 5 00000101 change all 0 to 1, vice versa 11111010 add 1 00000001 ======== corresponding value of -5 11111011
to check: binary of -5 11111011 change 0 to 1, vice versa 00000100 add 1 00000001 ======== results to binary of 5 00000101 [ January 05, 2003: Message edited by: boyet silverio ] [ January 05, 2003: Message edited by: boyet silverio ]
Have alook at this, and see if it is of any help. HTH, - Manish
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In fact, the highest bit is a sign bite, only showing sign. For example, for byte, there are 8 bites, but the range is from -2^7 to 2^7-1 2^7 - 1 = 0111 1111 ; If you add 1 more, the highest bite will become 1, which means negative.
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Big thanks!
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You are welcome!
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