Set the most significant bit of an int

This tip submitted by Alphonse Ajayan on 2011-12-23 00:20:17. It has been viewed 21969 times.
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int main()
{
int x = 1<<((sizeof(int)*8)-1);
printf("%d",x);
return 0;
}

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