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v1_8_7_330 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: Bignum

~() public

Inverts the bits in big. As Bignums are conceptually infinite length, the result acts as if it had an infinite number of one bits to the left. In hex representations, this is displayed as two periods to the left of the digits.

sprintf("%X", ~0x1122334455)    #=> "..FEEDDCCBBAA"

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/*
 * call-seq:
 *     ~big  =>  integer
 *
 * Inverts the bits in big. As Bignums are conceptually infinite
 * length, the result acts as if it had an infinite number of one
 * bits to the left. In hex representations, this is displayed
 * as two periods to the left of the digits.
 *
 *   sprintf("%X", ~0x1122334455)    #=> "..FEEDDCCBBAA"
 */

static VALUE
rb_big_neg(x)
    VALUE x;
{
    VALUE z = rb_big_clone(x);
    long i;
    BDIGIT *ds;

    if (!RBIGNUM(x)->sign) get2comp(z);
    ds = BDIGITS(z);
    i = RBIGNUM(x)->len;
    if (!i) return INT2FIX(~0);
    while (i--) ds[i] = ~ds[i];
    RBIGNUM(z)->sign = !RBIGNUM(z)->sign;
    if (RBIGNUM(x)->sign) get2comp(z);

    return bignorm(z);
}

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