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Re: bitwise operators(info)

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Ceriousmall <divadsmall@gmail.com> writes:

> Can anyone here point me towards any documentation that explains
> bitwise operations in C in a simple manner. After K&R Chap 2.9
> introduction to the bitwise operator I'm still in the dark. Basically
> I take out my paper take two integers convert them into their binary
> form and  compare them using the rules of the bitwise operartors to
> yield a result then convert that value back to decimal.......

You're not going to like this, but:  that section strikes me as crystal
clear -- you just need to think in binary.  The bitwise operators are
about, well, bits.  Translating back and forth to decimal adds a bunch
of complexity, and makes things much harder to understand.

Translating back and forth to octal or hex is pretty much automatic once
you're really thinking in binary.

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bitwise operators(info) Ceriousmall <divadsmall@gmail.com> - 2012-01-27 13:56 -0800
  Re: bitwise operators(info) John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2012-01-27 22:03 +0000
  Re: bitwise operators(info) "Morris Keesan" <mkeesan@post.harvard.edu> - 2012-01-27 17:35 -0500
    Re: bitwise operators(info) Ceriousmall <divadsmall@gmail.com> - 2012-01-27 16:22 -0800
  Re: bitwise operators(info) Devil with the China Blue Dress <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-27 16:52 -0800
    Re: bitwise operators(info) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-27 17:06 -0800
      Re: bitwise operators(info) Harald van Dijk <truedfx@gmail.com> - 2012-01-27 19:06 -0800
        Re: bitwise operators(info) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-28 11:33 +0000
          Re: bitwise operators(info) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-28 13:46 -0500
            Re: bitwise operators(info) Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-28 19:01 +0000
            Re: bitwise operators(info) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-28 22:41 +0000
              Re: bitwise operators(info) Ceriousmall <divadsmall@gmail.com> - 2012-01-28 21:19 -0800
                Re: bitwise operators(info) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-29 02:13 -0800
                Re: bitwise operators(info) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-29 14:59 +0000
                Re: bitwise operators(info) pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-01-29 10:51 -0500
                Re: bitwise operators(info) ImpalerCore <jadill33@gmail.com> - 2012-01-30 10:25 -0800
                Re: bitwise operators(info) Ceriousmall <divadsmall@gmail.com> - 2012-01-31 06:00 -0800
                Re: bitwise operators(info) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-31 14:30 +0000
                Re: bitwise operators(info) pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-01-31 10:06 -0500
          Re: bitwise operators(info) Harald van Dijk <truedfx@gmail.com> - 2012-01-28 12:34 -0800
      Re: bitwise operators(info) Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-01-27 22:56 -0500
        Re: bitwise operators(info) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-27 20:30 -0800
          Re: bitwise operators(info) Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2012-01-29 09:27 -0500
        Re: bitwise operators(info) Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-28 05:16 +0000
  Re: bitwise operators(info) Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-01-27 21:44 -0700

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