Thread: The Bitwise complement

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    Unhappy The Bitwise complement

    Can somebody explain me why this:

    -------------------------------------
    #include <iostream.h>

    int main(void)
    {
    int a, b;

    a = 100;
    b = ~a;

    cout << a << endl;
    cout << b << endl;
    }
    -------------------------------------

    comes out as:
    100
    -101

    shouldn't it be 100 and 27?

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    Do a search on google for 'two's complement'.

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    With Bitwise ops the ~ means opposite.

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