The real difference between “int” and “unsigned int”

Question

int:

The 32-bit int data type can hold integer values in the range of −2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647. You may also refer to this data type as sig

Answer 1

The internal representation of int and unsigned int is the same.

Therefore, when you pass the same format string to printf it will be printed as the same.

However, there are differences when you compare them. Consider:

int x = 0x7FFFFFFF;
int y = 0xFFFFFFFF;
x < y // false
x > y // true
(unsigned int) x < (unsigned int y) // true
(unsigned int) x > (unsigned int y) // false

This can be also a caveat, because when comparing signed and unsigned integer one of them will be implicitly casted to match the types.