RE: how to create unsigned hexadecimal initial value

Richard et al:

For signed numbers, X"FFFFFFFF" is -1.
X"80000000" is a very large negative number.
So the number line goes
X"80000000" to X"FFFFFFF" to x"00000000" to x"7FFFFFFF"

For unsigned numbers, the line should go
X"00000000" to X"FFFFFFFF".

If we think about smaller numbers (one byte),
then signed numbers range from -128 to 0 to 127
and unsigned numbers range from 0 to 255.

Peter.

>From: "Richard Jackson" <richardjackson@richardjackson.net>
>Reply-To: MI400@midrange.com
>To: <MI400@midrange.com>
>Subject: RE: how to create unsigned hexadecimal initial value
>Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 21:22:52 -0600

<snip>

>I haven't had to do this in a long time - is H'80000000' equal to -1
>or some very large negative number?
>
>Richard Jackson
>mailto:richardjackson@richardjackson.net
>http://www.richardjacksonltd.com
>Voice: 1 (303) 808-8058
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