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ineg

negate an integer

Jasmin Syntax

     ineg 

Stack

Before	After
value	-value

Description

Pops an int off the stack, negates it, and pushes the negated integer value back onto the stack. This is the same as multiplying the integer by -1.

Bytecode

Type	Description
u1	ineg opcode = 0x74 (116)

See Also

lneg, fneg, dneg

Notes

Because of the two's-complement representation used for negative numbers, negating Integer.MIN_VALUE actually produces Integer.MIN_VALUE, not Integer.MAX_VALUE as you might expect.

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Java Virtual Machine, by Jon Meyer and Troy Downing, O'Reilly Associates