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Bitwise function(s) Question -- Again!
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13/11/2002 17:20:29
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
 
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13/11/2002 17:17:39
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00722339
Message ID:
00722413
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30
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>>bitand(nFlags, bitxor(nReset, 0xffffffff))
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>Albert,
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>What is the significance of "0xffffffff" ? Sorry to be thick. Could you explain the logic of the above if you have the time?

"ox" is the prefix to indicate that the following number is in hexadecimal (base 16 instead of base 10). Base 16 has 16 digits: 0-9 and A-F (A means 10, B means 11, ... F means 15).

HTH, Hilmar.
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