[c] Convert unsigned int to signed int C

I know this is an old question, but I think the responders may have misinterpreted it. I think what was intended was to convert a 16-digit bit sequence received as an unsigned integer (technically, an unsigned short) into a signed integer. This might happen (it recently did to me) when you need to convert something received from a network from network byte order to host byte order. In that case, use a union:

unsigned short value_from_network;
unsigned short host_val = ntohs(value_from_network);
// Now suppose host_val is 65529.
union SignedUnsigned {
  short          s_int;
  unsigned short us_int;
};
SignedUnsigned su;
su.us_int = host_val;
short minus_seven = su.s_int;

And now minus_seven has the value -7.

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