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ANDing and ORing question...

MLH
If I have an integer A and I logically AND it
with some other integer B to produce a result
C, can I then perform some kind of reverse
operation with B and C to get back the original
number A?

If so, is it guaranteed to work every time with
all integers A and B?
Nov 13 '05 #1
4 2503
No!
With AND, you may set one or more bits in A to zero. That information is
then lost.

MLH wrote:
If I have an integer A and I logically AND it
with some other integer B to produce a result
C, can I then perform some kind of reverse
operation with B and C to get back the original
number A?

If so, is it guaranteed to work every time with
all integers A and B?


--
Bas Cost Budde, Holland
http://www.heuveltop.nl/BasCB/msac_index.html
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Nov 13 '05 #2
On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 14:13:10 -0400, MLH <CR**@NorthState.net> wrote:

That's why we have XOR:

Sub x2()
Dim A As Integer
Dim B As Integer

A = 10 ' or any other number
B = 20 ' or any other number
A = A Xor B
A = A Xor B
Debug.Print A

End Sub
If I have an integer A and I logically AND it
with some other integer B to produce a result
C, can I then perform some kind of reverse
operation with B and C to get back the original
number A?

If so, is it guaranteed to work every time with
all integers A and B?


Nov 13 '05 #3
"MLH" <CR**@NorthState.net> wrote in message
news:04********************************@4ax.com...
If I have an integer A and I logically AND it
with some other integer B to produce a result
C, can I then perform some kind of reverse
operation with B and C to get back the original
number A?


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Nov 13 '05 #4
Oh I see

"Bas Cost Budde" <b.*********@heuvelqop.nl> wrote in message
news:da**********@localhost.localdomain...
No!
With AND, you may set one or more bits in A to zero. That information is
then lost.

MLH wrote:
If I have an integer A and I logically AND it
with some other integer B to produce a result
C, can I then perform some kind of reverse
operation with B and C to get back the original
number A?

If so, is it guaranteed to work every time with
all integers A and B?


--
Bas Cost Budde, Holland
http://www.heuveltop.nl/BasCB/msac_index.html
For human replies, replace the queue with a tea

Nov 13 '05 #5

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