Re: A little maths problem

From: Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 10:14:42 +0000
Subject: Re: A little maths problem
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Perry Loh wrote: > Any workaround to this ? Hm, tricky, because the largest int-number php has is 2147483647... > > > "Martin" <martin@thomatechnik.de> wrote in message > news:399908FD.58F595E8@thomatechnik.de... > > 2235957251 is binary 10000101010001100000000000000011. That means, the > first bit > > is set, which is interpreted as the "sign-bit" in most > programming-languages. > > > > Greetings > > > > Martin > > > > > > Perry Loh wrote: > > > > > A little question on maths, why does PHP return the following answer : > > > > > > 2634023077 xor 407240870 = -1730242778 > > > > > > whereas the correct result should be actually,with a calculator : > > > > > > 42634023077 xor 407240870 = 2235957251 > > > > > > I'm wondering if this is a bug, if it is or isn't , is there a > workaround to > > > get the correct answer ? BCMath does not seem to provide enough > functions > > > though. > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net

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