bitGet()

Purpose

Get the value of a bit in a binary number

Description

Find out if the value of the specified bit in a binary number is 0 or 1

Syntax

result = bitGet( number, bit )

Arguments

number Number value

bit Bit to get the value of (0-31). Bit 31 is the sign bit.

result Resulting bit value (0 or 1)

Example

number = random( 100000 ) + 1
bit0 = bitGet( number, 0 )
if bit0 > 0 then
    print( number, " is an odd number" )
else
    print( number, " is an even number" )
endIf
update()
sleep( 3 )

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