What happens if I assign a negative value to an unsigned variable?

Question

I was curious to know what would happen if I assign a negative value to an unsigned variable.

The code will look somewhat like this.

unsigned int nVa         


        

Answer 1

You're right, the signed integer is stored in 2's complement form, and the unsigned integer is stored in the unsigned binary representation. C (and C++) doesn't distinguish between the two, so the value you end up with is simply the unsigned binary value of the 2's complement binary representation.