please, how to use NOT ( logical negation ) ?

[deadlykitten]

hello all i tried to use NOT :
... "not 1" should return 0, but it returns -2
... "not 0" should return 1, but it returns -1
... "not 0101" should return 1010, but it returns -102

it seems that "not" is not acting as a logic function, but more like " not [ n ] = - n - 1 "

i wish to improve the readability of conditional codes; kindly

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[deadlykitten]

hy Roger thank you 4 the fast answer; i needed time to get it

... decimal : 0 1 2 3 .. +inf
... signed decimal : -inf .. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 .. +inf
... binary : 0 1 10 11 ... +inf
... but what is signed binary ? for mere mortals, nothing but in electronics, etc, stuff like you described appears

so the argument and the result of the NOT function ( NOT [ argument ] = result ) is a signed binary ( or how is it called ); also showed in image "a" of my 1st post

but in image "b", the manuals present the function as being able to handle a logical atribute ( boolean; true/false, etc )

this is contradictory from manuals, i would say that NOT can return both "signed binary" or "boolean" result; from trials, i can say that NOT returns only "signed binary", while i need "boolean"

is there a way to shift the way NOT behaves ? who needs "signed binary" when writing programs for a cnc ?

    V1 = something binary from somewhere
    V2 = decimal [ 01011110 ]
    if [ [ NOT V1 ] EQ  V2 ] then drill else peck_drill :)

kindly

[deadlykitten]

hey Roger i also believe that most codes are linear, and only a fraction* of programers use conditional/logical statements, etc ...

they add a bit of versatility ( if needed / when needed ) etc ; kindly

*fraction = the most important fraction