Take the compliment and then add one.

On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Werner Soekoe wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm looking for the way to calculate what the Two's
> Complement of a value will be. Can anyone help me?
> For instance:
>
> 8-bit value:
> 01101110
> 10010001 (Inverted)
>
> But this is not two's complement yet!? What Next?
>
> Can somebody maybe also solve this one:
> 16-Bit value:
> 01011100 11110110
> 10100011 00001001 (Inverted)
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> Werner Soekoe
> IS Manager
> Free State Legislature
> wsoekoe@global.co.za
> Tel. +27 (51) 407 1109
> Fax. +27 (51) 407 1137
> Cell. +27 82 376 8383
>


Jeffrey D. Spears
University of Michigan
College of Engineering

``Double-E, can't spell gEEk without it!''
                        -Captain Gerald M. Bloomfield II, USMC
                         (my brother)