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Author: Stan Eisenstat
Subject: Re: [Cs323] Signed Magnitude Operations
Date: Tuesday, 06 Oct 2020, 22:42:58


    > Message Posted By: Unknown
    >
    > Is there an efficient way to add two numbers with different signs using
    > the signed magnitude representation? Or do we have to convert to decimal
    > before performing addition?

Yes, you compare the magnitudes to decide which is
larger and use the binary version of the borrow
algorithm.  There is no need to convert to decimal.

--Stan-
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