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a simple query Posted by technocrat2004 (technocrat2004), 27 March 2006 Hi friends,Can any one explain for the following output % set a [format "%u" -200] 4294967096 My intesion is to convert the input to unsigned integer Posted by admin (Graham Ellis), 27 March 2006 Yes, take the bit pattern of a signed integer of -200 (1's compliment) it is 11111111111111111111111100111000As an unsigned interger, that works out as 4294967096, which is 200 short of 2 to the power 32. If you want to strip off the - sign, then use the abs function: Code:
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