Re: Bitwise ops in RPG

[Gwecnal@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated Tue, 14 Nov 2000 14:18:35 , boldt@ca.ibm.com writes:

>  This begs the question:  What syntax would you prefer for bitwise
>  operations?
>  
>  a) infix operators:
>        x ANDB y
>        x ORB y
>        x XORB y
>        NOTB y
>  
>     (&& and || (like in C) are problematical for us since '|' is
>     not in the invariant EBCDIC code page.)
>  
>  b) built-in functions:
>        %BITAND(x:y)
>        %BITOR(x:y)
>        %BITXOR(x:y)
>        %BITNOT(x)
>  
>  Cheers!  Hans

bifs!
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