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2015-11-30, 12:37:31

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2016-02-07, 16:58:03

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 
function MultiplyWillOverflow(x, y: Integer): Boolean;
begin
  if ((x and y) = 0) then
    Result := False
  else
  begin
    if ((x > 0) and (y > 0)) or ((x < 0) and (y < 0)) then
      Result := ((High(Integer) div Abs(x)) > Abs(y))
    else
      Result := Abs(Low(Integer) div Abs(x)) > Abs(y);
  end;
end;
Comments bubble
Thee is a separate branch for the case where x and y differ in sign, since Low(Integer) is not the same as -High(Integer).