Hello VB Gurus,
I have an unusual requirement to shift an unsigned int right one bit:
Dim myVar As UInt32 = UInt32.Parse("1 23456")
Dim myResult As UInt32
myResult = myVar >> 1
However, the >> operator only works on Byte, Short, Integer, and Long.
I also tried to convert to binary and manually shift the bits, but I only
found ways to go from binary to string--not back to binary.
Does anyone know how this could be done? (I'm not too concerned about
performance, so even resource-killing string manipulation would be fine with
me.)
Thank you,
Marty 7 2905
Marty,
Well, there are a few things you can do.
First, do you "really" need the resulting internal value to be a UInt32?
Since UInt's are not CLS compliant, and currently are not supported in VB, I
urge you to not use them.
Could an Int32 or Int64 work?
In this particular example, since you are shifting by one bit to the right, your
maximum possible value would by nature end up being that of a Signed Int32 I
believe.
In this case, you could do the following:
Dim myVar As Int64 = Int64.Parse("12 3456")
Dim myResult As Int32
myResult = CInt(myVar >> 1)
With that said, I realize that maybe you do "need" for it to remain as a UInt32.
IMHO, the fastest and easiest way to deal with this until VB 2005, would be to
write a very small function in a C# DLL and add a reference to that in your VB
project. However, keep in mind that passing UInt's between assemblies is not
recommended due to the non-CLS compliance. Sure it works, just not recommended.
Possibly the "better" easy way would be to just cast everything to Int64
internally, and then back to UInt32 to store values back out, if this is
required.
Although making a general recommendation that would work for you overall
implementation would require me to know more about what you really need to
achieve.
Gerald
"Marty McFly" <Ma***@Mc.Fly > wrote in message
news:eg******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl... Hello VB Gurus,
I have an unusual requirement to shift an unsigned int right one bit:
Dim myVar As UInt32 = UInt32.Parse("1 23456") Dim myResult As UInt32 myResult = myVar >> 1
However, the >> operator only works on Byte, Short, Integer, and Long.
I also tried to convert to binary and manually shift the bits, but I only found ways to go from binary to string--not back to binary.
Does anyone know how this could be done? (I'm not too concerned about performance, so even resource-killing string manipulation would be fine with me.)
Thank you,
Marty
"Marty McFly" <Ma***@Mc.Fly > wrote in message
news:eg******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl... Hello VB Gurus,
I have an unusual requirement to shift an unsigned int right one bit:
Dim myVar As UInt32 = UInt32.Parse("1 23456") Dim myResult As UInt32 myResult = myVar >> 1
However, the >> operator only works on Byte, Short, Integer, and Long.
I also tried to convert to binary and manually shift the bits, but I only found ways to go from binary to string--not back to binary.
Does anyone know how this could be done? (I'm not too concerned about performance, so even resource-killing string manipulation would be fine
with me.)
The BitConverter can "convert" from signed to unsigned integers.
Function RightShiftOneBi t(ByVal u As UInt32) As UInt32
Dim s As Int32 = BitConverter.To Int32(BitConver ter.GetBytes(u) , 0)
Return BitConverter.To UInt32(BitConve rter.GetBytes(s >> 1), 0)
End Function
David
"David Browne" <davidbaxterbro wne no potted me**@hotmail.co m> wrote in
message news:ur******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl... "Marty McFly" <Ma***@Mc.Fly > wrote in message news:eg******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl... Hello VB Gurus,
I have an unusual requirement to shift an unsigned int right one bit:
Dim myVar As UInt32 = UInt32.Parse("1 23456") Dim myResult As UInt32 myResult = myVar >> 1
However, the >> operator only works on Byte, Short, Integer, and Long.
I also tried to convert to binary and manually shift the bits, but I
only found ways to go from binary to string--not back to binary.
Does anyone know how this could be done? (I'm not too concerned about performance, so even resource-killing string manipulation would be fine with me.)
The BitConverter can "convert" from signed to unsigned integers.
Function RightShiftOneBi t(ByVal u As UInt32) As UInt32 Dim s As Int32 = BitConverter.To Int32(BitConver ter.GetBytes(u) , 0) Return BitConverter.To UInt32(BitConve rter.GetBytes(s >> 1), 0) End Function
Oops, that screws up if the sign bit is set since >> shifts in another sign
bit.
This works, though
Function RightShiftOneBi t(ByVal u As UInt32) As UInt32
Dim b(8) As Byte
Array.Copy(BitC onverter.GetByt es(u), b, 4)
Dim s As Int64 = BitConverter.To Int64(b, 0)
Return BitConverter.To UInt32(BitConve rter.GetBytes(s >> 1), 0)
End Function
David
"David Browne" <davidbaxterbro wne no potted me**@hotmail.co m> wrote in message
news:ur******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl... The BitConverter can "convert" from signed to unsigned integers.
Function RightShiftOneBi t(ByVal u As UInt32) As UInt32 Dim s As Int32 = BitConverter.To Int32(BitConver ter.GetBytes(u) , 0) Return BitConverter.To UInt32(BitConve rter.GetBytes(s >> 1), 0) End Function
David
There is an issue with the above if the high bit of the UInt32 is set, which
being a UInt, this could be likely.
If you perform the conversion as listed, things can get out of whack.
For example, let's say the initial UInt value is &h FFFF FFFF (d 4,294,967,295)
If you bit shift that 1 right, you get &h 7FFF FFFF (d 2,147,483,647)
In your sub, due to two's complement confusion, would return &h FFFF FFFF
Although this sub should work just fine for everything else between 0 and +7FFF
FFFF
Gerald Oops, that screws up if the sign bit is set since >> shifts in another sign bit.
This works, though
Function RightShiftOneBi t(ByVal u As UInt32) As UInt32 Dim b(8) As Byte Array.Copy(BitC onverter.GetByt es(u), b, 4) Dim s As Int64 = BitConverter.To Int64(b, 0) Return BitConverter.To UInt32(BitConve rter.GetBytes(s >> 1), 0) End Function
David
Heh, you caught it before I could get my Outlook to send.
How about this:
Function RightShiftOneBi t(ByVal u As UInt32) As UInt32
Dim tmp As Int64 = Convert.ToInt64 (u)
Return (Convert.ToUInt 32(tmp >> 1))
End Function
:-)
Gerald
Just learning how to handle the shift operators and don't quite understand what you mean by "shifts in another sign bit". I use the >> and << operators on Postiive integers but never realized that shifting another negative integer results in the highest bit being reset to one..is this what heppans?
--
Dennis in Houston
"David Browne" wrote: "David Browne" <davidbaxterbro wne no potted me**@hotmail.co m> wrote in message news:ur******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl... "Marty McFly" <Ma***@Mc.Fly > wrote in message news:eg******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl... Hello VB Gurus,
I have an unusual requirement to shift an unsigned int right one bit:
Dim myVar As UInt32 = UInt32.Parse("1 23456") Dim myResult As UInt32 myResult = myVar >> 1
However, the >> operator only works on Byte, Short, Integer, and Long.
I also tried to convert to binary and manually shift the bits, but I only found ways to go from binary to string--not back to binary.
Does anyone know how this could be done? (I'm not too concerned about performance, so even resource-killing string manipulation would be fine with me.)
The BitConverter can "convert" from signed to unsigned integers.
Function RightShiftOneBi t(ByVal u As UInt32) As UInt32 Dim s As Int32 = BitConverter.To Int32(BitConver ter.GetBytes(u) , 0) Return BitConverter.To UInt32(BitConve rter.GetBytes(s >> 1), 0) End Function
Oops, that screws up if the sign bit is set since >> shifts in another sign bit.
This works, though
Function RightShiftOneBi t(ByVal u As UInt32) As UInt32 Dim b(8) As Byte Array.Copy(BitC onverter.GetByt es(u), b, 4) Dim s As Int64 = BitConverter.To Int64(b, 0) Return BitConverter.To UInt32(BitConve rter.GetBytes(s >> 1), 0) End Function
David
"Dennis" <De****@discuss ions.microsoft. com> wrote in message
news:1B******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com... Just learning how to handle the shift operators and don't quite understand
what you mean by "shifts in another sign bit". I use the >> and <<
operators on Postiive integers but never realized that shifting another
negative integer results in the highest bit being reset to one..is this what
heppans? -- Dennis in Houston
Try evaluating -1 >> 1. If a 0 were shifted into the high bit, then the
result would be a large positive integer (2^31 -1). If a 1 is shifted in
the result would be -1.
In fact the result is -1.
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