My guess is option c) .

(BTW: it is "BIT STRING" not "BIT_STRING").

Regards,

Ed Day
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ricardo Barroso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 2:39 PM
Subject: [ASN.1] BIT_STRING value meaning?


> Hi!
> 
> I have a question about BIT_STRINGs because I haven't understood one 
> thing...
> 
> If I have the following ASN.1 definition:
> 
>     MyBitString ::= BIT_STRING {
>         valueA    (0),
>         valueB    (2)    }
> 
> What are the correct representation of the BIT_STRING bits correspondent 
> to valueB?
> 
>     a) 01000000    (the lowest bit is at left and the value is the 
> decimal correspondent value)
>     b) 00000010    (the lowest bit is at right and the value is the 
> decimal correspondent value)
>     c) 00100000    (the lowest bit is at left and the value means that 
> the correspondent second (2) bit number has value one (1))
>     d) 00000100    (the lowest bit is at right and the value means that 
> the correspondent second (2) bit number has value one (1))
> 
> I suppose that's the option a) but I don't know If I am right!?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Ricardo Barroso
> 

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