bitneg

Purpose

Bitwise negation (bitwise NOT).

Synopsis

function bitneg(i:integer):integer

Argument

i	Integer to negate

Return value

Negated value of argument.

Example

In the following, i takes the value -6, j takes the value 2147483647, and k takes the value -4:

i:= bitneg(5)
j:= bitneg(-2147483647-1)
k:= bitneg(3)

Further information

The bitwise NOT (or complement) consists in computing the logical negation of each bit: 1 is replaced by 0 and 0 is replaced by 1.