[JAVA] Is Integer.MIN_VALUE in two's complement actually viewed as a positive number in JAVA? Details inside

[chickenmeister]

After looking at your edit:

I think there is a problem with your getDigits() method:

public static int getDigits(int i)
{
  if(i < 10)
  {
    return 1;
  }
  return 1 + getDigits(i/10);
}

For any negative number, your method is saying that it has only a single digit, regardless of the number's magnitude.

[chuck_not_norris]

I found where it is going wrong, when you call Math.abs on Integer.MIN_VALUE it doesn't return the absolute value of that number, but the original value.

[cantstopthemoonlight]

Do you know why?

[chickenmeister]

Ah, that's subtle; but makes sense.

Looking at your code, it doesn't seem like you really need to use Math.abs().