On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 11:20:27AM +0000, Dermot wrote:
> Hi All,
<snip>
> $bits |= 1<< ($countryid - $currentno); ###
> What
> is this left shift doing? Is that a or complement?
> }
> else
> {
> $bits &= 15- (1<< ($countryid - $currentno)); ### ditto
> }
When trying to understand someone elses code I find little tests
like this helpful, perhaps you will too.
perl -le '$bits=0xffff; for $i ( 0 .. 15 ) {
printf "%016b\n", $bits &= 0xffff - 1<< $i;
}'
and
perl -le '$bits=0; for $i ( 0 .. 15 ) {
printf "%016b\n", $bits |= 1<< $i;
}'
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