~ bit-wise unary operator

[Michal Bozon]

cau,
maybe int is represented internally as a signed integer

you can use numpy types:

>>> import numpy
>>> ~ numpy.uint16(7978)
57557

 -m.


On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:14:49 +0200, Ladislav Andel wrote:

> Hello,
> why ~ bit-wise unary operator returns -(x+1) and not bit inversion of 
> the given integer?
> 
> example:
> a = 7978
> a = ~a
> python returns -7979
> 
> but I need to get back 57557 as in C language.
> 
> which is also in binary
> 0001111100101010
> and inverted
> 1110000011010101
> 
> Is here any other operator or do I have to write it on my own?
> 
> Thank you,
> Lada