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Java How to Program, Early Objects, 11th Edition
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Java How to Program, Early Objects, 11th Edition

by Paul J. Deitel, Harvey Deitel
June 2017
Beginner
1296 pages
69h 23m
English
Pearson
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J.6 Negative Binary Numbers: Two’s Complement Notation

The discussion so far in this appendix has focused on positive numbers. In this section, we explain how computers represent negative numbers using two’s complement notation. First we explain how the two’s complement of a binary number is formed, then we show why it represents the negative value of the given binary number.

Consider a machine with 32-bit integers. Suppose


int value = 13;

The 32-bit representation of value is

00000000 00000000 00000000 00001101

To form the negative of value we first form its one’s complement by applying Java’s bitwise complement operator (~):

onesComplementOfValue = ~value;

Internally, ~value is now value with each of its bits reversed—ones become zeros and ...

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