Subtract two integers, checking for overflow. : Overflow « Data Type « Java

1. Java
2. Data Type
3. Overflow

Subtract two integers, checking for overflow.

 
import java.math.BigDecimal;

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public class Main {

  /**
   * Subtract two integers, checking for overflow.
   * 
   * @param x the minuend
   * @param y the subtrahend
   * @return the difference <code>x-y</code>
   * @throws ArithmeticException if the result can not be represented as an
   *         int
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static int subAndCheck(int x, int y) {
      long s = (long)x - (long)y;
      if (s < Integer.MIN_VALUE || s > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
          throw new ArithmeticException("overflow: subtract");
      }
      return (int)s;
  }
}

   
  

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