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Re: Decomposing a bit field? [message #71788 is a reply to message #71716]

Wed, 21 July 2010 09:21

penteado
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On Jul 21, 1:04 pm, Steve <f...@k.e> wrote:
>> Thanks everyone, that makes much more sense now.
>
>> I just wanted to confirm where the 7B comes from above.
>
>> I assume it's because I'm checking 3 bits so it's 1+2+4. If I had a
>> group of 4 bits it's be 1+2+4+8 (15 like in Chris's example below),
>> right?
>
> The "B" suffix to a number tells IDL that it is to be interpreted in
> octal so indeed 17B is 8+4+2+1=15 in decimal

No, B means that it is of type byte, regardless of the base used.

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		Decomposing a bit field? By: rjp23 on Wed, 21 July 2010 02:40
		Re: Decomposing a bit field? By: Chris[6] on Wed, 21 July 2010 15:41
		Re: Decomposing a bit field? By: penteado on Wed, 21 July 2010 09:21
		Re: Decomposing a bit field? By: David Fanning on Wed, 21 July 2010 09:09
		Re: Decomposing a bit field? By: Steve[5] on Wed, 21 July 2010 09:04
		Re: Decomposing a bit field? By: rjp23 on Wed, 21 July 2010 04:25
		Re: Decomposing a bit field? By: Chris[6] on Wed, 21 July 2010 03:33
		Re: Decomposing a bit field? By: greg.addr on Wed, 21 July 2010 03:31
		Re: Decomposing a bit field? By: Steve[5] on Wed, 21 July 2010 03:29

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