Levi Pearson wrote:
The answer lies in 2's complement binary representation of integers. There aren't the same number of integers to the left and to the right of 0; there's one more to the left. So, the absolute value of the smallest representable integer isn't representable in the same number of bits.
Yup, so in other words abs(INT_MIN) returns INT_MIN because it wraps around. :)
Nice work Levi, and a good explanation. --Dave /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
