Subj : Re: bit shifting
To   : comp.programming
From : Jon Harrop
Date : Sun Aug 14 2005 06:49 pm

Rob Somers wrote:
> Sorry, I was in a rush when I asked my question.  I am not understanding
> what the difference between the 1111111 (127) and 01111111 (from 127 &
> 255) - obviously 1111111 is not 01111111, but I thought the leading 0 did
> not count for anything.

I don't think you've read Alex's post carefully enough. By the looks of it,
you wrote your code wrongly because you thought a "short" was 8 bits when
it is actually 16 bits. So your "~x" is not 127.

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