All possible values of an unsigned char are unsigned, so there is no bit that "represents a signed value."
With an 8-bit byte, 1 in the most significant bit of an unsigned char represents the value 128. Consequently unsigned chars with a 1 in this position have values between 128 (when all other bits are 0) and 255 (when all other bits are 1).
signed: its value can be less than zero unsigned: its value cannot be less than zero example: 16 bit signed: -32768 .. 32767 16 bit unsigned: 0 .. 65535
What is the significance of declaring a constant unsigned integer?
0xffffffffffffffff As an unsigned 64-bit integer, this represents the value 18,446,744,073,709,551,615. However, as a signed 64-bit integer, this only represents the value -1. The signed range is -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 making 0x7fffffffffffffff the largest possible positive value, and 0x8000000000000000 the smallest possible negative value.
000000 is the lowest number in a 6 bit unsigned binary number (meaning the high order bit is not the sign bit). If it is a signed number then the lowest number would be represented by 100000 which is equivalent to -32 in decimal. Highest unsigned number in 6 bits is decimal 63. Highest signed number in 6 bits is decimal 31.
A signed int can take a value between -32768 to 32767 and an unsigned int can take a value 0 to 65535.
signed: its value can be less than zero unsigned: its value cannot be less than zero example: 16 bit signed: -32768 .. 32767 16 bit unsigned: 0 .. 65535
An unsigned integer cannot be negative. It has a maximum positive value twice that of a signed integer. Max signed: 128 Max signed: 256 I could be off by one there, though.
What is the significance of declaring a constant unsigned integer?
0xffffffffffffffff As an unsigned 64-bit integer, this represents the value 18,446,744,073,709,551,615. However, as a signed 64-bit integer, this only represents the value -1. The signed range is -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 making 0x7fffffffffffffff the largest possible positive value, and 0x8000000000000000 the smallest possible negative value.
The value range. Example for 16-bit integers: signed: -32768..32767 unsigned: 0..65535
000000 is the lowest number in a 6 bit unsigned binary number (meaning the high order bit is not the sign bit). If it is a signed number then the lowest number would be represented by 100000 which is equivalent to -32 in decimal. Highest unsigned number in 6 bits is decimal 63. Highest signed number in 6 bits is decimal 31.
A signed int can take a value between -32768 to 32767 and an unsigned int can take a value 0 to 65535.
Normally, signed and unsigned data types just refer to whether or not a value can be negative or not. An unsigned 4-bit value can be the values 0 to 15 A signed 4-bit value can be the values -8 to 7 However, there is no such thing as an unsigned value in Java*. All primitive types are signed by default and cannot change. *Note that technically a char value can be considered an unsigned type. The only way to see this is to declare a char with value '\uffff' (or 65535) and try to print it out as both a short and an int. If you try this with any other data types, the larger values will display the same as the smaller values. Not so with the char example.
if it is a signed int the the range is -32768 to 32767if its unsigned then 0 to 65535
We need signed integers in order to represent both negative and positive values. However, some numbers can never be negative. For instance, the size of a file must always be greater than or equal to zero so we use unsigned integers to represent file sizes. Also, natural numbers must be greater than 0 so there's no point in using a signed value to represent a natural number. Signed integers also use one bit to denote the sign, but unsigned integers do not thus unsigned integers can effectively represent twice the range of positive values than an unsigned integer can. For instance, an 8-bit signed value can represent values in the range -128 to +127 using twos complement notation, but an 8-bit signed value can represent values in the range 0 to 255.
In unsigned notation, 0xFFFF (65,535 decimal) is the largest value that will fit in a 16-bit register. In signed notation, 0x7FFF (32,767 decimal) is the largest because the most-significant bit denotes the sign.
It's their value range:signed char: -128..127unsigned char: 0..255