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Re: two's complement function

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• Subject: [mg44049] Re: two's complement function
• From: "Peter Pein" <nospam at spam.no>
• Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 01:10:48 -0400 (EDT)
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tc[n_, bits_:32] :=
   If[n >= 0, IntegerDigits[n, 2, bits],
      1 - IntegerDigits[2^bits - n + 1, 2, bits]]

Peter Pein, Berlin
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Morgan" <kemorgan at vt.edu>
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Subject: [mg44049]  two's complement function


> Can anyone think of a better way to produce a list of digits of a two's
> complement integer than the following?
>
> tc[n_, bits_:32] :=
> If[Positive[n], IntegerDigits[n, 2, bits],
> IntegerDigits[FromDigits[IntegerDigits[n, 2, bits] /. {1 -> 0, 0 -> 1}, 2]
+
> 1, 2, bits]]
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
>
>

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    • From: "Ken Morgan" <kemorgan@vt.edu>