Shifted bits

:confused: I am using 4-byte integers to perform various logical
functions and what I want to be able to do is save any overflow or shifted right or left bits after I have peformed a particular function eg


F = (H'12345678 << 23);

F would then equal H'9E000000

How can I save the shifted (lost) bits efficiently for manipulation later on.

This must be easy I know...but I cannot see it


Thanks - Ragnam

Shift it the opposite direction first, then back. Place that value in a seperate variable. Consider:

10101101

We want a 3 shift left. Shift right 5 first:

00000101

Shift it back.

10100000

Store that in a variable. Use N-X bytes, where N is the number of bytes in the variable, and X is the number you're shifting, to get your value of how far to shift in the opposite direction and back.

Quzah.

Thanks for that Quzah.

Can this method be used to also test for a carry-bit when
two numbers are added together ?

eg H'EA000000 +
H'D6000000
---------------
H'1 C0000000

Using a 4-byte integer would normally lose the carry '1'

Ragnam

Why do you keep using an H and an apostrophe in your numbers? What is that supposed to denote? That is nothing in C.

Quzah.

It was for demonstration only, that the values were hex....sorry.

F = (0xEA000000 + 0xD6000000)

F = 0xC0000000

Using a 4-byte integer would normally lose the carry '1'

Ragnam