Rotate on Byte? Or always a long

TJHJ

Hey all,
Dumb question. If I use the rotate command on a byte, will it properly rotate around to the 8th bit? Or Does rotate like its a long?

Ex

Var
byte RotateTest
 
Pub Main
 
 
 
RotateTest := %1010
RotateTest <-= 8
'Is rotate test now %0000_1010 or %1010_0000_0000 ???
 
 

Side note

Anyone have a good way to rotate a 4 bit value around? With out a bunch of checking?

Im really trying to rotate %1100 right 1 per loop. But keep it all in the 4 bit format.

Thanks
·TJ

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Mike Green

All arithmetic operations work on 32-bit values.

To rotate a 4 bit value, you have to do masking and multiple shifts like

(value << 1 & %1110) | (value >> 3 & %0001)

mctrivia

if you are rotating 4 bit 1 you need

rotate it then do if greater then 16 subtract 15 this will clear the greater bit and set lowest bit at same time

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virtuPIC

Mike, if you know that all other (all insignificant) bits are 0 you can reduce to one post-shift mask. Your 4 bit example reduces to:

((value << 1) | (value >> 3)) & %1111

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