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- /*
- * File......: BYT2BIT.PRG
- * Author....: Forest Belt, Computer Diagnostic Services, Inc.
- * Date......: $Date: 15 Aug 1991 23:02:58 $
- * Revision..: $Revision: 1.2 $
- * Log file..: $Logfile: E:/nanfor/src/byt2bit.prv $
- *
- * This is an original work by Forest Belt and is placed in the
- * public domain.
- *
- * Modification history:
- * ---------------------
- *
- * $Log: E:/nanfor/src/byt2bit.prv $
- *
- * Rev 1.2 15 Aug 1991 23:02:58 GLENN
- * Forest Belt proofread/edited/cleaned up doc
- *
- * Rev 1.1 14 Jun 1991 19:51:08 GLENN
- * Minor edit to file header
- *
- * Rev 1.0 01 Apr 1991 01:00:48 GLENN
- * Nanforum Toolkit
- *
- */
-
-
- /* $DOC$
- * $FUNCNAME$
- * FT_BYT2BIT()
- * $CATEGORY$
- * Conversion
- * $ONELINER$
- * Convert byte to string of 1's and 0's
- * $SYNTAX$
- * FT_BYT2BIT( <cByte> ) -> cBitPattern
- * $ARGUMENTS$
- * <cByte> is the byte to convert.
- * $RETURNS$
- * 9-character string, consisting of 1's and 0's, representing bits 0
- * through 7 of parameter byte, with space between bits 3 and 4. Returns
- * NIL if parameters are faulty.
- * $DESCRIPTION$
- * Can be used to show results of bit manipulation, both before and after.
- * Binary representation follows right-to-left convention of bit position
- * numbering, 0 through 7. Space between high and low nibbles for clarity
- * and easy comparison to hexadecimal notation.
- *
- * This function is presented to illustrate that bit-wise operations
- * are possible with Clipper code. For greater speed, write .C or
- * .ASM versions and use the Clipper Extend system.
- * $EXAMPLES$
- * These three code lines perform a bitwise AND on bytes with values of
- * CHR(20) and CHR(36), and deliver the result as a string in binary (bit)
- * format.
- *
- * ? FT_BYT2BIT(CHR(20)) // byte1: '0001 0100'
- * ? FT_BYT2BIT(CHR(36)) // byte2: '0010 0100'
- *
- * ? FT_BYT2BIT(FT_BYTEAND(CHR(20), CHR(36)))
- * // result: '0000 0100'
- *
- * For a demonstration of Clipper bit manipulations, compile and
- * link the program BITTEST.PRG in the Nanforum Toolkit source code.
- * $SEEALSO$
- * FT_BYT2HEX()
- * $END$
- */
-
- FUNCTION FT_BYT2BIT(cByte)
-
- local nCounter, xBitstring
-
- IF valtype(cByte) != "C"
- xBitString := NIL
- ELSE
- xBitString := ""
- FOR nCounter := 7 TO 0 step -1
- xBitString += iif(FT_ISBIT(cByte, nCounter), "1", "0")
- NEXT
- ENDIF
-
- RETURN xBitString
-