Conversion ofSigned Integers
From signed, negative bit patterns to negative decimal numbers
- negate the negative bit pattern to make it a positive bit pattern
- convert the positive bit pattern to a positive decimal number
- change the sign on the positive decimal number to make it negative again
From negative decimal numbers to signed, negative bit patterns
- change the sign on the negative decimal number to make it positive
- convert the positive decimal number to a positive bit pattern
- negate the positive bit pattern to make it a negative bit pattern again