A negative number is a number that is less than 0. It is signified by a preceding hyphen (i.e. -12,345).
This tag should be used for any questions dealing specifically with negative numbers.
Questions tagged [negative-number]
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Floating Point representation for negative numbers
Using....
sign bit of mantissa 8 bit exponent in two's complement 23 bit mantissa
code the following: -28.625
Can someone show me the easiest way to do this...lecturer wasn't very helpful!
Cian Woods
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Reading a number from the user
I want to read a positive integer from the user. If the user enters something else, I want to ask again. I did it when the user entered a negative number. But if the user enters a character or anything else, what should I do?
int main (){
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Mr.Gurbuz
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Bootstrap 3 input spinner with negative values
I am coding a MVC 5 internet application and am wanting to add an input spinner control for my integer values in my MVC views.
I have looked on the Bootstrap 3 website and cannot find a spinner control. I am wanting the input spinner to be able to…
Simon
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convert negative decimal number to binary number
I tried to convert a negative decimal number into a binary number and this code perfectly works on my computer, but the code doesn't work another computer.
I didn't get how it is possible. What is wrong in my code?
#include
#include…
bendensin
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I am trying to change the sign of a number to negative if it is below a specific target and it is to remain positive if it is above.
I put the section of code in bold that seems to be the problem. Here is the code:
## price impact analysis
rm(list=ls())
### import data from excel spreadsheets
chtr_trades <- read.csv("F:/FRE 6951 Mkt Micro Struc/CHTRTRADES.csv")
chtr_quotes <-…
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Effects of the negative bit
How does the negative bit work?
Why does the negative bit allow negative numbers to have an absolute value 1 greater than positive ones (two's compliment)?
Why isn't this bit read in as 2^x, where c is the number of bits?
I just don't understand,…
user3897320
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How can R considers a string as negative?
Please consider the following
string_1 = "??????????"
string_2 = " bob"
string_3 = "_bob_"
string_1 < 0
# [1] TRUE
string_2 < 0
# [1] TRUE
string_3 < 0
# [1] TRUE
but
string_4 = "bob"
string_4 < 0
# [1] FALSE
Why a string is considered as a…
CptNemo
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MySQL sum with negative decimals
I have a qty column in my table, and i'm trying to sum the values. The field type is varchar(20). The sum of qty below should add up to exactly 0. It's a mix of negative and positive decimals.
exhibit A (screenshot)
When i perform the sum below,…
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Calculate the maximum number of the three in javascript
This is my code, and it works, but only with positive numbers. If I write nothing into the input it considers as value 0, and this is a problem if I have only one or two negative numbers.
function Calculeaza() {
var a =…
Máthé Péter
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How to reduce negative fractions in Javascript
I have seen this question but it doesn't work for negative numbers or numbers with (+) prefixes.
Here's what I want.
-20/8 = -5/2
+28/-6 = -14/3
-30/-4 = 15/2
34/12 = 17/6
+40/6 = 20/3
32/+64 = 1/2
DavidNyan10
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Python: Average of Non-Negative numbers
def test(): # do not change this or the next line!
numbers = [11.5, 28.3, 23.5, -4.8, 15.9, -63.1, 79.4, 80.0, 0, 67.4, -11.9, 32.6]
average = 0
# I need to write my code here so that it sets average
# to the average of the…
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Java for loop is negative
When you run below code
The count value becomes -1 and the program ends up with divide by zero exception.
When you uncomment the sysout, it runs fine. Not sure how sysout makes a diference.
public class HelloWorld{
public static void…
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why if I enter a negative number in the method, condition else if does not catch it
I have problem with solution in this example.
Input:>6
Output:0+1+2+3+4+5+6 = 21
Input:> -15
Output:-15<0
Input:>0
Output:0=0
public static string ShowSequence(int n)
{
int sumInt = 0;
string sum = "";
for (int i = 0; i <= n;…
Kajman
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Java FileOutputStream writing negative byte values writing wrong bytes
I came to a problem with writing negative byte values into binary file using FileOutputStream, where negative byte values, ex. -1 is written into file but it takes there two bytes and they seem to me to be completely nonsense.
In my application I…
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How to make a for loop keep returning values?
I have to set up two loops. One that keeps totaling the number of negative numbers in a list and is returned. Another that appends the negatives to a separate list to also be returned. I have only been able to return the first value in each loop.
#…
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