Re: determine value of each bit in a character field -- RPG400-L

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Couple of ways to do this. In terms of machine resource efficiency the new %BITxxx built-in would give the best performance.

Of course there is always the old-fashioned approach that we used to use in the days before such things were available. Repetitively divide the binary value by 2! The remainder of each division is the value of the bit in question starting with the rightmost bit and working to the left. Not as efficient but if you only do it once per program run who cares!

Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com

On Jul 8, 2015, at 1:44 PM, Jim Franz <franz9000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Am working with api QDBRTVFD.
If a 1 byte field has 8 bits, how do I determine the value of each bit?
(decades of RPGxx I've never been comfortable with bits)

Thanks,
Jim
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