Owen Edwards / TwosComplement

Handle two\'s complement numbers.

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Revision 0:b495118be5a7, committed 2011-01-20

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Owen
Date:
Thu Jan 20 20:01:36 2011 +0000
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+++ b/SignExtend.cpp	Thu Jan 20 20:01:36 2011 +0000
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+#include "mbed.h"
+#include "assert.h"
+
+int SignExtend( int value, const int bit_width )
+{
+    assert( ( bit_width > 1) && ( bit_width < (8*sizeof(int)) ) );
+
+    value &= ( (1<<(bit_width)) - 1 ); /* Clear out any extra MSB data */
+
+    if ( ( value & ( 1 << (bit_width-1) ) ) != 0 )
+    {
+        /* value IS negative */
+        value -= (1<<bit_width);
+    }
+
+    return value;
+}

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/SignExtend.h	Thu Jan 20 20:01:36 2011 +0000
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+int SignExtend( int value, const int bit_width );
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