Hi All,

I browsed the PICList source library, but couldn't find anything
similar to what I was looking for.

I have a buffer of "packed" "bytes" where each byte is less that
8-bits in length.

This buffer is generated by capturing a bitstream (LSB first) and
right shifting in to the LSB of a buffer.

e.g. for bytes sized 7 bits, if the first byte is all ones, the second
is all zeros, and the third is all ones,
my buffer looks as such:

01111111
11000000
xxx11111
xxxxxxxx
...

What I would like to do is break each "byte" out of the buffer and put
it into another buffer, e.g.

01111111
00000000
01111111
0xxxxxxx
0xxxxxxx
...


I've started writing a function (in C) to do this, but I was wondering
if anyone had anything similar (no need for me to reinvent the wheel).

Ideally, I was going to create a generic C function that would take as
parameters the input and output buffer pointers, length of the input
buffer, the size of each "byte," and where to begin processing the
first byte (e.g. if the first bit of the first byte in the buffer was
not at the LSB position, but somewhere in the middle, ex: bit 3:
xxxx1xxx).

If I haven't been clear enough in my description, please say so.

Thanks,
Scott
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