Message-ID: <391C4528.6AFBB741@earthlink.net> From: Martin Ambuhl Organization: Nocturnal Aviation X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Right shift References: <391C0409 DOT 79567772 AT tiscalinet DOT it> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 34 Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 17:52:41 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.23.133.137 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT earthlink DOT net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 958153961 63.23.133.137 (Fri, 12 May 2000 10:52:41 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 10:52:41 PDT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com night DOT walker AT tiscalinet DOT it wrote: > > Why right-shifting ">>" a negative signed int will first turn it > positive? > > 4 >>1 = 2 but also -4 >> 1 = 2!! I don't believe you: #include int main(void) { printf("(4 >> 1) == %d\n(-4 >> 1) == %d\n", 4 >> 1, -4 >> 1); return 0; } (4 >> 1) == 2 (-4 >> 1) == -2 Now show us your code. -- Martin Ambuhl mambuhl AT earthlink DOT net What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how to learn. - Henry Adams A thick skin is a gift from God. - Konrad Adenauer __________________________________________________________ Fight spam now! Get your free anti-spam service: http://www.brightmail.com