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| From | Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Comparison structure? |
| Date | 2016-10-05 20:27 -0400 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <nt45q4$vuf$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
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On 10/5/2016 8:08 AM, Eric Sosman wrote:
> On 10/4/2016 10:29 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> [...]
>> private int compareMe;
>> private int compareTo;
>> [...]
>> switch(Integer.signum(compareMe - compareTo)) {
>
> Bad Arne! B-A-A-D Arne! Wear this dunce cap and sit in the corner!
>
> (Hint: Why do "sign-of-difference" and "comparison" sometimes
> give different answers?)
>
> (Hint #2: compareMe = -100000, compareTo = 0x7fffffff)
OK. Integer.compare then.
Arne
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