vb.net: managing bit and bytes

[Guest]

Hi,
I need to set the value of 8 bit variables separately and then put them into
a byte variable.

Is it possible using VB.NET. How?

Thank you very much.

 

[Patrice]

Try "or" :

MsgBox(Hex$(1 Or 2 or 4 Or 8))

 

[Patrice]

You'll need to "shift" them. AFAIK the fist operator is not currently
available (I believe this will show up in VB 2005).

Meanwhile and unless you need to do that a fair amount of time you could do
:

allBits=bit1+bit2*2+bit3*4+bit4*8 etc...

Another option would be to see if the BitArray class could help :
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...rlrfsystemcollectionsbitarraymemberstopic.asp
(never usde it but rmember to have seen it)

Patrice