//Example 1.18: add 7 to -5 clc//clears the console clear //clears all existing variables x=bitcmp(5,4) //finds complement of 5 y=1; u=x+y //1 is added to the complement v=7; w=u+v a=dec2bin(w) //binary conversion of the decimal number disp(' binary form of the number obtained by adding 7 to -5 ') disp(a) //result is displayed disp(' the msb is discarded,so four bit representation in binary form =') a=dec2bin(w-(2^4),4) disp(a) //final result is displayed.