Bit-wise And

[Chuck Cobb]

Can someone tell me how to do a bit-wise "And" in VB.Net - I've looked all
over and can't find it. I thought the "And" in VB6 was replaced by a
"BitAnd" function, but I can't find it anywhere and when I try to use it, it
is unrecognized. Is it part of a class somewhere?

Thanks,

Chuck Cobb

 

[SStory]

well did you try AND?

I think that is what it is.

Shane

 

[Gerald Hernandez]

Can someone tell me how to do a bit-wise "And" in VB.Net - I've looked all
over and can't find it. I thought the "And" in VB6 was replaced by a
"BitAnd" function, but I can't find it anywhere and when I try to use it, it
is unrecognized. Is it part of a class somewhere?

Thanks,

Chuck Cobb

To make a long story short, the explicit bit-wise operators got pulled
before the final release.
They were in there in an early beta but got converted back to the old VB
style operators.
Presumably, it was due to complaints and/or perceived complaints from VB6
converts.
Using BitAnd / BitOr would have broken code and confused people, so the
normal AND is both logical and bitwise, just like VB6.
Seems it is OK to overhaul just about everything else, go through the
trouble to actually make something more logical, then wreck it out and make
it work the old way.

Gerald

 

[Crouchie1998]

Try this page:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vblr7/html/vaoprand.asp

Crouchie1998
BA (HONS) MCP MCSE

 

[Chuck Cobb]

Thanks - That cleared up the mystery of this!

You're right - it would have been cleaner to separate the logical form of
"And" and the Bit-Wise form of "And".

What makes it even more confusing is that there are still references to the
"BitAnd" function on the web and no mention of the decision to pull them
prior to release.

Chuck