On samedi 11 octobre 2008, Rob Shearman, Jr. wrote: > > How can I pack several pieces of information into one variable? > > Binary --> Decimal conversion technique would allow three on/off settings > to be stored in a decimal number valued 0-7. Switch one has a value of 1. > Switch two has a value of 2. Switch three has a value of 4. Add up the > three and send the results as a single digit. Because each successive > switch is assigned a successively higher power of two, the results will be > unique (no single value can represent more than one possible combination of > off and on switches.) > > Or, combine two three-position switches. With switch one in position A, > switch two values are A=0, B=1, C=2. With switch one in position B, switch > two values are A=3, B=4, C=5. With switch one in position C, switch two > values are A=6, B=7, C=8. Again, each value has only one possible set of > positions. > > Or combine an on-off switch with a five-position selector. > > Any combination of variables with ten or fewer possible unique combinations > would work. > > Cheers, > -R. > > Robert M. Shearman, Jr. > Transit Operations Supervisor, > University of Maryland Department of Transportation > also known as [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Right, i didn't thought about it Thanks -- Gérard http://pagesperso-orange.fr/GRTux/ J'ai décidé d'être heureux parce que c'est bon pour la santé. Voltaire ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
