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it is always " -1 " as you shift any number of times because the sign bit is propagating so always there are all bits having value '1' .so ans is "-1"

- Anonymous April 21, 2012 | Flag Reply
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1 = 0x0000000000000001 (4 byte integer)
-1 = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
-1 >> 2 = 0x3FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Now you are taking a byte out of it. Depending on endienness either this will be 3FFF(big) or FFFF (little)

- ashish.kaila April 22, 2012 | Flag Reply
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actuallay arthimatic shift does not change the sign bit

- siva April 25, 2012 | Flag
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actuallay arthimatic shift does not change the sign bit

- siva April 25, 2012 | Flag
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it is always " -1 " as you shift any number of times because the sign bit is propagating so always there are all bits having value '1' .so ans is "-1"

- Anonymous April 21, 2012 | Flag Reply
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it is always " -1 " as you shift any number of times because the sign bit is propagating so always there are all bits having value '1' .so ans is "-1"

- Siva Krishna April 21, 2012 | Flag Reply
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any reason why printing it with printf("%c"), it is printing nothing..., is it that there is no chracter corresponding to all ones?

- code.guruji April 21, 2012 | Flag Reply
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any reason why printing it with printf("%c"), it is printing nothing..., is it that there is no chracter corresponding to all ones?

- code.guruji April 21, 2012 | Flag Reply
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it is always " -1 " as you shift right any number of times because the sign bit is propagating so always there are all bits having value '1' .so ans is "-1"

- Siva Krishna April 21, 2012 | Flag Reply
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any reason why printing it with printf("%c"), it is printing nothing..., is it that there is no chracter corresponding to all ones?

- code.guruji April 21, 2012 | Flag Reply
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i checked it by placing %c it is displaying some symbol.

- Siva Krishna April 21, 2012 | Flag Reply


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