unsigned integer help

Question

Below when the number goes negative I get a large number (4294967290) which is not correct do anyone know why. I know that Round function returns a double. The large number is 4294967290. What to do see the exact negative number test4 = (uint)Math.Round((m_abortTime - DateTime.Now3).TotalSeconds);

Vulpes · Answer

If you cast to int rather than uint then this will give you the exact negative number but test4 will need to be an int (or long) rather than a uint variable otherwise you'll get a conversion error. As a general rule it's best to avoid the unsigned integral types unless you really need the additional range or you're inter-operating with unmanaged code which uses unsigned types.

Jignesh Trivedi · Answer

hi As per my knowledge maximum value is supported by uint is 4294967295 when you trying to assign nagative value or cast nagative value then it perform substraction. Example: int j = 0; uint kkk = (uint)(j - 23232); interanlly it perform 4294967295 + 0 - 23232 + 1 = 4294944064 this only true for nagative value hope this will help you.

Vulpes · Answer

Yes I'd declare test4 to be either int or if the result could exceed + or - 2 billion long.

David Smith · Answer

Agreed. I was on the slow bus. Can I assigned to a signed type or just declare as a long?

Sanjeeb Lenka · Answer

The unsigned versions with the same bit sizes. Effectively this means they cannot store negative numbers but on the other hand they can store positive numbers twice as large as their unsigned counterparts. The limits for int (32 bit) are: int: –2147483648 to 2147483647 uint: 0 to 4294967295 And for long (64 bit): long: -9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807 ulong: 0 to 18446744073709551615