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I'm trying to write a simple program, and one of the lines is

int num = -2147483648;

and I get a "Negative integral constant converted to unsigned type" error.

Even when I do 

int num = 2147483648 * -1;

It is the same thing.

The variable num is an int and not an unsigned int, so what's going on?

TryinHard
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codem
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    I remember this being asked before ([found it](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14695118/2147483648-0-returns-true-in-c)), but it's the unary `-` operator applied to a (positive) integer literal that is too big for `int`. – chris Aug 24 '15 at 03:57
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    You may find [**this sample**](http://ideone.com/YiIUwx) interesting. It directly relates to the link chris posted. – WhozCraig Aug 24 '15 at 04:04

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