Figure 94 shows what the decimal number 21544 looks like in
various formats.
Figure 94. Representation of the Number 21544 in each of the Numeric Formats
Note the following about the representations in the figure.
To obtain the numeric value of a positive binary or integer number, unsigned
number, add the values of the bits that are on (1), but do not include the
sign bit (if present). For an unsigned number, add the values of the bits
that are on, including the leftmost bit.
The value 21544 cannot be represented in a 2-byte binary field even though
it only uses bits in the low-order two bytes. A 2-byte binary field can only
hold up to 4 digits, and 21544 has 5 digits.
Figure 95 shows the number -21544 in integer format.
Figure 95. Integer Representation of the Number -21544
