Question

How to check if integer multiplication will overflow in C

Answer 1

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdbool.h>

bool multiplyWillOverflow(uint64_t x, uint64_t y) {
    if (x <= 1 || y <= 1) {
        return false;
    }

    uint64_t d = x * y;
    
    return d / y != x;
}

int main() {
    uint64_t x = 3, y = 1472783642;
    printf("%s\n", multiplyWillOverflow(x, y) ? "true" : "false");

    x = 9223372036854775807;
    y = 3;
    printf("%s\n", multiplyWillOverflow(x, y) ? "true" : "false");

    return 0;
}



/*
run:

false
true

*/

 

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