Re: bitwise operator, bits dont go into bitbucket..?

On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 9:27 AM, kent nyberg wrote: > Im reading about bitwise operators and is it true to say they dont work 100% > as in C? > bitwise operators in C seem to result in bits going to the so called > bitbucket. > For example, 0b0001. Shifting it >> 1 in C

Re: bitwise operator, bits dont go into bitbucket..?

On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 09:33:38AM +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 9:27 AM, kent nyberg wrote: > > If you want to check specific bits (in C or Python, either way), it's > much more common to use bitwise AND than bit shifts: > > >>> 0b100011011101010110

Re: bitwise operator, bits dont go into bitbucket..?

On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 9:56 AM, kent nyberg wrote: > So, to check if 0b010[this one bit]010 is set, i do & 0b0001000 > > That is, I set just that one to 1 in the other and then the & operator will > make it return > 0 if its not set. Since every other is zero, the return