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#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("%x\n", -2
Assuming, integer is 2 byte, What will be the output of the program?
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("%x\n", -2
Answer: Option C
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The integer value 2 is represented as 00000000 00000010 in binary system.
Negative numbers are represented in 2's complement method.
1's complement of 00000000 00000010 is 11111111 11111101 (Change all 0s to 1 and 1s to 0).
2's complement of 00000000 00000010 is 11111111 11111110 (Add 1 to 1's complement to obtain the 2's complement value).
Therefore, in binary we represent -2 as: 11111111 11111110.
After left shifting it by 2 bits we obtain: 11111111 11111000, and it is equal to "fff8" in hexadecimal system.
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