From:	rob89 AT my-deja DOT com
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Dos char set
Date:	Fri, 02 Jun 2000 07:30:34 GMT
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Hi,
I am having problems understanding dos character set(fonts). So far I
have successfully copied the character set to my local array using the
dosmemget(..) function as follows:
dosmemget(0xffa6e, 128*8, ch_table);
I know that the whole character set(starting at location 0xffa6e) is in
my local array (i.e ch_table[128][8]). I was looking at a piece of code
and the idea was to process a string from the user (until the NULL was
reached). Lets say the string I want to display is string[]. Now
string['a'] could give me 'a' in the dos char set if I use something
like


ch_table[string['a']];

After this I could have some sort of for loop which goes through the
rows and columns and checks if there is a pixel there and if there is,
display it on the screen using some function(say putpixel.). The code
has the following line which checks if there is a pixel in the
corresponding location:

if((ch_table[string[index]][row] << column) & 0x80)

I completely understand ch_table[string[index]][row] part, which first
of all goes to the character to be displayed, but then I don't
understand why we have to shift left (<< column) and most importantly
why do we have to use masking (&0x80). I would really appreciate it if
someone could help me understand the check better.
Thanks,
Rob


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