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[Java] PROBLEM: this works only when x and y are positive.
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Version 15

2017-04-13, 15:26:34

Version 16

2018-03-05, 16:04:30

Idiom #86 Check if integer multiplication will overflow

Write boolean function multiplyWillOverflow which takes two integers x, y and return true if (x*y) overflows.

Idiom #86 Check if integer multiplication will overflow

Write boolean function multiplyWillOverflow which takes two integers x, y and return true if (x*y) overflows.

Code 
static boolean multiplyWillOverflow(int x, int y) {
	return Integer.MAX_VALUE/x < y;
}
Code 
static boolean multiplyWillOverflow(int x, int y) {
	return Integer.MAX_VALUE/x < y;
}
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PROBLEM: this works only when x and y are positive.