Re: integer abs() overflow
Jonathan Lee <chorus@shaw.ca> writes:
Use std::abs.
--
? ?Pete
It exhibits the same problem (see below). It seems
that std::abs returns a signed value, not unsigned.
I'm using a 32-bit Intel CPU with G++ 4.3.2
--Jonathan
// Example ----------------------------------------
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <limits>
using ::std::cout;
using ::std::endl;
int main() {
int x = std::numeric_limits<int>::min();
cout << std::abs(x) << endl;
cout << std::abs(x + 1) << endl;
}
// Output ----------------------------------------
-2147483648
2147483647
#include <limits.h>
/* INT_MIN (-INT_MAX - 1) */
/* INT_MAX 2147483647 */
/* UINT_MAX 4294967295U */
unsigned int uabs(int x){
if(0<=x){
return(x);
}else{
if(-INT_MAX<=INT_MIN){
return(-x);
}else{
unsigned int d=-(x+INT_MAX);
return(d+INT_MAX);
}
}
}
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main(){
cout<<"|INT_MIN| ="<<uabs(INT_MIN)<<endl;
cout<<"|INT_MIN+1| ="<<uabs(INT_MIN+1)<<endl;
return(0);
}
/*
-*- mode: compilation; default-directory: "/tmp/" -*-
Compilation started at Mon Jul 6 15:04:44
SRC="/tmp/s.c++" ; EXE="s" ; g++ -g3 -ggdb3 -o ${EXE} ${SRC} && ./${EXE} && echo status = $?
|INT_MIN| =2147483648
|INT_MIN+1| =2147483647
status = 0
Compilation finished at Mon Jul 6 15:04:45
*/
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