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- /*
- * File......: BYTEAND.PRG
- * Author....: Forest Belt, Computer Diagnostic Services, Inc.
- * Date......: $Date: 15 Aug 1991 23:03:02 $
- * Revision..: $Revision: 1.2 $
- * Log file..: $Logfile: E:/nanfor/src/byteand.prv $
- *
- * This is an original work by Forest Belt and is placed in the
- * public domain.
- *
- * Modification history:
- * ---------------------
- *
- * $Log: E:/nanfor/src/byteand.prv $
- *
- * Rev 1.2 15 Aug 1991 23:03:02 GLENN
- * Forest Belt proofread/edited/cleaned up doc
- *
- * Rev 1.1 14 Jun 1991 19:51:12 GLENN
- * Minor edit to file header
- *
- * Rev 1.0 01 Apr 1991 01:00:50 GLENN
- * Nanforum Toolkit
- *
- */
-
-
-
- /* $DOC$
- * $FUNCNAME$
- * FT_BYTEAND()
- * $CATEGORY$
- * String
- * $ONELINER$
- * Perform bit-wise AND on two ASCII characters (bytes)
- * $SYNTAX$
- * FT_BYTEAND( <cByte1>, <cByte2> ) -> cByte
- * $ARGUMENTS$
- * <cByte1> and <cByte2> are characters from CHR(0) TO CHR(255).
- * May be passed in CHR() form, as character literals, or as expressions
- * evaluating to CHR() values.
- * $RETURNS$
- * Returns resulting byte, in CHR() form. If parameters are faulty,
- * returns NIL.
- * $DESCRIPTION$
- * Can be used for any bit-wise masking operation. In effect, this is a
- * bit-by-bit AND operation. Equivalent to AND assembler instruction.
- *
- * 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.
- * $EXAMPLES$
- * This code would mask out the high nibble (four most significant bits)
- * of the byte represented by chr(123) and leave the low nibble bits as in
- * the parameter byte.
- *
- * cNewbyte := FT_BYTEAND( CHR(123), CHR(15) )
- * ? asc(cNewByte) // result: 11
- * ? cNewByte // result: non-printable character
- *
- * For a demonstration of Clipper bit manipulations, compile and
- * link the program BITTEST.PRG in the Nanforum Toolkit source code.
- * $SEEALSO$
- * FT_BYTEOR() FT_BYTEXOR() FT_BYTENOT() FT_BYTENEG()
- * $END$
- */
-
- FUNCTION FT_BYTEAND(cByte1, cByte2)
-
- LOCAL nCounter, cNewByte
-
- IF valtype(cByte1) != "C" .or. valtype(cByte2) != "C" // parameter check
- cNewByte := NIL
- ELSE
- cNewByte := chr(0)
- for nCounter := 0 to 7 // test each bit position
- if FT_ISBIT(cByte1, nCounter) .and. FT_ISBIT(cByte2, nCounter)
- cNewByte := FT_BITSET(cNewByte, nCounter)
- endif
- next
- ENDIF
-
- RETURN cNewByte
-