From:	"Alexei A. Frounze" <alex DOT fru AT mtu-net DOT ru>
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Subject:	Re: help with a bit stream....
Date:	Tue, 28 Mar 2000 23:06:35 +0400
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Yes, it is.

For getting Nth bit you must:
1. read (N/8)th byte from the file
2. shift the byte (N%8) times right
3. the lower bit of the result is your Nth bit

Good Luck
Alexei A. Frounze
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Krogg wrote:
> 
> I can open FILEs and read them one byte at a time but i
> really want to read them one BIT at a time...Is there
> a nice way to do this?...

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