Mapping two integers to one, in a unique and deterministic way

Cantor pairing function is really one of the better ones out there considering its simple, fast and space efficient, but there is something even better published at Wolfram by Matthew Szudzik, here. The limitation of Cantor pairing function (relatively) is that the range of encoded results doesn’t always stay within the limits of a 2N … Read more

max value of integer

In C, the language itself does not determine the representation of certain datatypes. It can vary from machine to machine, on embedded systems the int can be 16 bit wide, though usually it is 32 bit. The only requirement is that short int <= int <= long int by size. Also, there is a recommendation … Read more

Declaring an unsigned int in Java

Java does not have a datatype for unsigned integers. You can define a long instead of an int if you need to store large values. You can also use a signed integer as if it were unsigned. The benefit of two’s complement representation is that most operations (such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and left shift) … Read more