Alan Gauld wrote: > "Kent Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > >> This is also a good application of bitwise operations. >> >> a & 128 will be 128 if the high bit in a is set, 0 if it is not. >> > > Only for an 8 bit integer! Most integers nowadays are > 32 bit so you need to use 0x80000000 to get the msb! Right, but if you read the thread it is about byte values read from a file so presumably he is talking about 8-bit integers.
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