Programming Language Pragmatics, Fourth Edition
Programming Language Pragmatics, Fourth Edition
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ISBN: 9780124104099
Author: Michael L. Scott
Publisher: Elsevier Science
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Chapter 5, Problem 3E

Explanation of Solution

  1. a. Converting the decimal number to hexadecimal:
    • The base value of hexadecimal is 16.
    • Hexadecimal value consists of 1-9 numbers and A-F letters which defines the value of 10-16.
    • For the given number 1234, following steps explains the conversion of decimal to hexadecimal value...

Explanation of Solution

  1. b. Converting unsigned hexadecimal number to decimal:
    • The decimal number has a base value of 10.
    • In the given number the hexadecimal number a represents 10 and e represents 14.
    • That is (2ae)16 =(21012)16.
    • For decimal conversion, each digit of the number is to be multiplied by 16...

Explanation of Solution

  1. c. Interpreting the hexadecimal number to 2’s complement number for the number 0xffd9:
    • In the given number f represents 15 and d represents 13. So the resultant is as follows.

        (ffd9)16=(1515139)16.

  • Converting the hexadecimal number to binary.

        (ffd9)16 =(1111 1111 1101 1001)2...

Explanation of Solution

  1. d. Justification:
  2. • To get a negative of an integer, one can invert the bits of the number and then add 1.
  3. • One can do the same by subtracting the number from 0 or 2k, k is the number of bits...

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