WHY IS 65536*65536==0.....
Difference between en2 and en3, changed 4 character(s)
HELLO THERE,↵
  I HAVE RECENTLY TRIED TO SOLVE A PROBLEM [[problem:1428A](https://codeforces.com/contest/1428/problem/A)] AND CAME THROUGH AN INTERESTING FACT...I HAVE USED AN IF CONDITION LIKE THIS: **if(abs(a-b)*abs(c-d)!=0;** AND I WAS GETTING WRONG OUTPUT FOR  TEST CASE  a=1 c=1 b=65537 d=65537.↵

THEN I HAVE CHECKED FEW VALUES:
..↵

cout<<65535*65535<<endl;//-131071.↵

cout<<65536*65536<<endl;//0.↵

cout<<65537*655367<<endl;//1114119.↵

SO I CAME TO CONCLUSION THAT SOME OVERFLOW THING IS HAPPENING HERE...↵

SO BE BE CAREFUL WHEN THERE IS CHANCE OF GETTING  **65536*65536==0** IN YOUR CODE.↵

ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW SUCH CORNER CASES IF U KNOW ANY.↵

THANK YOU AND HAVE A NICE DAY;)↵
 

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en4 English ppp 2020-10-18 15:24:47 631
en3 English ppp 2020-10-18 14:16:34 4 Tiny change: 'EW VALUES:\n cout<<6' -> 'EW VALUES:..\n\n cout<<6' (published)
en2 English ppp 2020-10-18 14:14:18 16 (saved to drafts)
en1 English ppp 2020-10-18 14:12:39 714 Initial revision (published)