Message-ID: <3521BAF7.AB240651@primary.net> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 21:56:39 -0600 From: * benz MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Help with bits! Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: pn5-ppp-220.primary.net Organization: Primary Network. http://www.primary.net Lines: 9 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk OK, I feel like a newbie, but I can't figure out how to check individual bits in a char or int. I heard something about a bitmask, but I'm not sure how to use one. I want to know this becuase I have a whole bunch of vars that will only contain a 1 or a 0 and I figure that it would be easier for me to have eight of these in one byte, not in eight. Thanks Andy