> Okay, I found a logic problem as well. This is weird because I remember
> doing this in C and it worked.
>
> ex:
>
> UInt x = 2;
> UInt y = 4;
> UInt z;
>
> z = x - y;
>
> Now it would be a -2 except for the fact it's an Unsigned Integer.... thus
> it should be 2. What I get from my application is 65534, which is roughly
> the maximum value of an int type... am I correct?
>
> How come it isn't a 2?
<put on lecturer hat>
-2 is in binary 1111111111111110 :)
now, since you are dealing with an UNSIGNED integer, it converts this
binary representation into the equivilant integer representation, which
is where your 65534 comes from.
-2 is not 2 when it is unsigned :) it is 65534 :P
</put on lecturer hat>
cheers.
az
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