working with bits

2 Jun 2003

      Hi,

I am trying to do a NOT operation but it doesnt seem to work well:

unsigned int i=8;

printf("%d \n", ~i);

This is suppose to print 247 but I get -9

Any ideas of what am I doing wrong ?

BTW, I am just practicing on playing with bits..

Thanks,
Raul

Raúl Gutiérrez Segalés