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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <limits.h>

// From office hours

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
    int n = INT_MIN;

    unsigned int n_unsigned;  // not initialized because it will be done in one of the two if/else branches below
    if(n >= 0) {
        n_unsigned = (unsigned int) n;  // Without the cast, gcc would complain about assigning a (signed) int to an unsigned int, since if it were negative it would cause errors.
    }
    else {
        n_unsigned = (unsigned int) -n;
    }
    printf("%u\n", n_unsigned);
    
    // … or better yet
    unsigned int n_unsigned = (unsigned int)(n >= 0 ? n : -n);

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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