Decrementing an unsigned int that is zero yields -1?

[runic rain]

Can someone explain why this prints -1, and not the max ul? was i coerced to signed?

#include "stdio.h"
#include "stdint.h"

int main(){
        unsigned long i = 0;
        i--;
        printf(" %ld\n", i);
        return 0;
}

[knotty ivy]

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[junior schooner]

%d is the formatter for a signed decimal integer. use %u for unsigned decimal integers

the formatters tell printf how to interpret each argument, so yes it did get converted

[runic rain]

🙏

thank you

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