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Old 08-21-2008
%u is not working ... giving something like 1897600 as result.

thanks again!!
and thanks in advance Smilie
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Old 08-21-2008
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Last edited by kanu_pathak; 08-21-2008 at 05:21 AM.. Reason: already posted
# 10  
Old 08-25-2008
The format specifiers are not designed to do conversions. You should follow fmina's advice and use the abs() function. The internal representation of a negative integer causes the highest bit to be set to 1, so if it is treated as an unsigned number (by using %u) it appears to be a very large positive number. Using an 8-bit number as an example, 10000000 is -128 when treated as an integer, but 128 when treated as an unsigned. 10000001 is -127 integer, 129 unsigned. 11111111 is -1 integer, 255 unsigned.
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