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[Solved] Passing string to a function when unsigned int expected in C

December 15, 2022 by Kirat

The whole point of a type in a language like C is that it describes some well-defined, useful set of values. A value of type unsigned int can hold any integer in a range defined by your compiler and processor. This is typically a 32-bit integer, meaning that an unsigned int can hold any integer … Read more

[Solved] Unsigned int not working C++

September 4, 2022 by Kirat

You are expecting the cast from int to unsigned int to simply change the sign of a negative value while maintaining its magnitude. But that isn’t how it works in C or C++. when it comes to overflow, unsigned integers follow modular arithmetic, meaning that assigning or initializing from negatives values such as -1 or … Read more