When an int is cast to a short and truncated, how is the new value determined?

Question

Can someone clarify what happens when an integer is cast to a short in C? I\'m using Raspberry Pi, so I\'m aware that an int is 32 bits, and theref

Answer 1

Simply the high 16 bits are cut off from the integer. Therefore your short will become 0x8642 which is actually negative number -31166.