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author | Perry Hung <iperry@gmail.com> | 2011-01-24 23:23:29 -0500 |
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committer | Perry Hung <iperry@gmail.com> | 2011-01-24 23:23:29 -0500 |
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diff --git a/docs/source/arduino/bitwisexornot.rst b/docs/source/arduino/bitwisexornot.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 25389cb..0000000 --- a/docs/source/arduino/bitwisexornot.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,51 +0,0 @@ -.. _arduino-bitwisexornot: - -Bitwise NOT (~) -=============== - -The bitwise NOT operator in C++ is the tilde character ~. Unlike & -and \|, the bitwise NOT operator is applied to a single operand to -its right. Bitwise NOT changes each bit to its opposite: 0 becomes -1, and 1 becomes 0. For example: - - - -:: - - 0 1 operand1 - - - -:: - - ---------- - 1 0 ~ operand1 - - - -:: - - int a = 103; // binary: 0000000001100111 - int b = ~a; // binary: 1111111110011000 = -104 - - - -You might be surprised to see a negative number like -104 as the -result of this operation. This is because the highest bit in an int -variable is the so-called sign bit. If the highest bit is 1, the -number is interpreted as negative. This encoding of positive and -negative numbers is referred to as two's complement. For more -information, see the Wikipedia article on -`two's complement. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twos_complement>`_ - - - -As an aside, it is interesting to note that for any integer x, ~x -is the same as -x-1. - - - -At times, the sign bit in a signed integer expression can cause -some unwanted surprises. - - |