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Bit Operations

 
      This section describes functions and operators for examining and manipulating bits of a given variable (or value).
 
  Related GPC Functions:
 
set_bit    Set one bit of a variable, based on bit position
clear_bit  Clear one bit of a variable, based on bit position
test_bit   Test a bit into of a variable (or value), based on bit position
set_bits   Store a value into a variable, based on bit position and a bit mask
get_bits   Extract a value from a variable (or value), based on bit position and a bit mask
 

  1. set_bit

      Set one bit of a variable, based on bit position.
 
  Prototype:
 
set_bit ( <variable>, <bit_index> )
 
  Parameters:
 
<variable>   : any defined variable
<bit_index>  : position of the bit to be set in <variable>, range [0~15]
 
  Return:
 
None
 
  Example:
 
set_bit(x, 3);
 

  2. clear_bit

      Clear one bit of a variable, based on bit position.
 
  Prototype:
 
clear_bit ( <variable>, <bit_index> )
 
  Parameters:
 
<variable>   : any defined variable
<bit_index>  : position of the bit to be clear in <variable>, range [0~15]
 
  Return:
 
None
 
  Example:
 
clear_bit(x, 9);
 

  3. test_bit

      Test a bit into of a variable (or value), based on bit position.
 
  Prototype:
 
int test_bit ( <value>, <bit_index> )
 
  Parameters:
 
<value>      : anything that has a value (constants, variables, functions, expressions, etc...)
<bit_index>  : position of the bit to be tested in <value>, range [0~15]
 
  Return:
 
True if the bit is set, false otherwise
 
  Example:
 
if(test_bit(x, 12)) {
    // Do something
}
 

  4. set_bits

      Store a value into a variable, based on bit position and a bit mask.
 
  Prototype:
 
set_bits ( <variable>, <value>, <bit_index>, <bit_mask> )
 
  Parameters:
 
<variable>   : any defined variable
<value>      : anything that has a value (constants, variables, functions, expressions, etc...)
<bit_index>  : position of the less significant bit in the value to store, range [0~15]
<bit_mask>   : bit mask corresponding to the size, in bits, of the value to store (without shifting)
 
  Return:
 
None
 
  Example:
 
int m = 0, n = 0;
main {
    set_bits(m, 5, 4, 15); // bit_mask = 15, 0x000F,
    // m = 80 (0x0050)        0b0000'0000'0000'1111
 
    set_bits(m, 109, 8, 255); // bit_mask = 255, 0x00FF,
    // m = 27984 (0x6D50)        0b0000'0000'1111'1111
 
    n = get_bits(m, 4, 15); // n = 5
}
 

  5. get_bits

      Extract a value from a variable (or a given value defined by a expression), based on bit position and a bit mask.
 
  Prototype:
 
int get_bits ( <expression>, <bit_index>, <bit_mask> )
 
  Parameters:
 
<expression> : a variable or anything that has a value
<bit_index>  : position of the less significant bit in the value to extract, range [0~15]
<bit_mask>   : bit mask corresponding to the size, in bits, of the value to extract (without shifting)
 
  Return:
 
returns the value of a subset of bits in <expression>, the subset is defined by <bit_index> and <bit_mask>
 
  Example:
 
int m = 0, n = 0;
main {
    set_bits(m, 5, 4, 15); // bit_mask = 15, 0x000F,
    // m = 80 (0x0050)        0b0000'0000'0000'1111
 
    set_bits(m, 109, 8, 255); // bit_mask = 255, 0x00FF,
    // m = 27984 (0x6D50)        0b0000'0000'1111'1111
 
    n = get_bits(m, 8, 255); // n = 109
}