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C++ how to check for overflow in long long
By osource, history, 4 years ago, In English

let's say I have 2 numbers x and y. How do I check if x*y results in an overflow in C++?. Both x and y are long long int.

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if x>LLONG_MAX/y(or y>LLONG_MAX/x), then overflow

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long long mul = a * b;
if (mul / a != b) {
  //overflowed
}
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