Craig Evans
Example solution
Diff: main.cpp
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+/* ELEC1620 Lab 2 Task 7
+
+Overflow
+
+(c) Dr Craig A. Evans, Feb 2017
+
+*/
+
+#include "mbed.h"
+
+int main()
+{
+ // use the 'signed' keyword when declaring the variable
+ signed char c = 127;
+ printf("c has a value of %d\n",c);
+
+ printf("We'll now incrememt it by 1\n");
+ c++; // increment operator, could also do c = c + 1;
+
+ printf("Now it has a value of %d\n",c);
+ printf("Wow! This is overflow in action!\n");
+ printf("The number has gone out of the range of an 8-bit value.\n");
+
+}