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What are the condition when we use signed char in C in place of unsigned char?

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What are the condition when we use signed char in C in place of unsigned char?
posted Sep 5, 2014 by anonymous

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Mainly in case of loop.
For example:
unsigned char i = 0;

/* Infinite Loop due to unsigned nature of i */
for (i = 10 ; i < 0; i --)
{

}

Better to use signed char i = 0 to make correct execution of loop.

answer Sep 5, 2014 by Harshita
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