Bittest in Javascript?

[Martin]

I need a Javascript function that can do a Bit Test on a numeric
value. IOW, given a numeric value (a 16 bit integer value) and a bit
number, tell me whether that bit is 1 or 0.

I have no idea how to do this.

Help?

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

Martin <ma**********@comcast.net> writes:

I need a Javascript function that can do a Bit Test on a numeric
value. IOW, given a numeric value (a 16 bit integer value) and a bit
number, tell me whether that bit is 1 or 0.

Since Javascript doesn't have a 16 bit integer type, you will just
have your value in the range 0..65535 in a number value. Bit
operations in Javascript will convert their operand to a 32 bit
integer before operating, so there is plenty of room for your numbers.

To test that the n'th bit is set, you use a mask with only the n'th
bit set. One such can be created using the left shift operator:

var mask = 1 << n;

Then you do a binary "and" on the number and the mask, to make sure
all other bits are nulled. If the result is non-null (and equal to the
mask) then the n'th bit was set in the original number.

var bitIsSet = (number & mask) != 0;

In total, a function to test a single bit:

function bitIsSet(number, bitnum) {
return (number & (1 << bitnum)) != 0;
}

Good luck
/L
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[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Martin wrote:

I need a Javascript function that can do a Bit Test on a numeric
value. IOW, given a numeric value (a 16 bit integer value) and a
bit number, tell me whether that bit is 1 or 0.

I have no idea how to do this.

Use the Bitwise AND operator `&', and the Bitwise Shift Left operator `<<':

if (n & (1 << b))
{
/*
* b-th bit of n if n is converted to a 32-bit integer,
* the least significant bit of n being the zeroth one
*/
}

Is this for class? Because it really is programming basics -- RTFM.

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[Dr John Stockton]

JRS: In article <ig********************************@4ax.com>, dated
Sun, 1 Jan 2006 13:44:53 local, seen in news:comp.lang.javascript,
Martin <ma**********@comcast.net> posted :

I need a Javascript function that can do a Bit Test on a numeric
value. IOW, given a numeric value (a 16 bit integer value) and a bit
number, tell me whether that bit is 1 or 0.

For reasonable values, N >> X & 1 returns the value of bit X of the
integer N.

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