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James Newton[JMN-EFP-786] published post 39919.4577199074

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It's worth noting that these rquire that only one bit be set.  If you have more than one bit set, the operation (value &amp; -value) removes all bits except the lowest set bit - essentially a complement, addition of one, (two's complement) and then an and operation with the original value.<BR>
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-Adam Davis
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