Hi all,

Does VBA (Excel 97) have bit manipulation functions -
shiftleft/right etc? I couldn't find anything that looked
promising.

Tony

Nope... nothing direct. You could write a program in C/C++ and call that
program through the shell command. That is probably your best option...

HTH

"Tony" wrote:

Hi all,

Does VBA (Excel 97) have bit manipulation functions -
shiftleft/right etc? I couldn't find anything that looked
promising.

Tony

Or create your own

Function BitShiftRight(Val As Long, NumBits As Integer) As Long
BitShiftRight = Val * (2 ^ NumBits)
End Function

Function BitShiftLeft(Val As Long, NumBits As Integer) As Long
BitShiftLeft = Val \ (2 ^ NumBits)
End Function


--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Jim Thomlinson" wrote in message
...
Nope... nothing direct. You could write a program in C/C++ and call that
program through the shell command. That is probably your best option...

HTH

"Tony" wrote:

Hi all,

Does VBA (Excel 97) have bit manipulation functions -
shiftleft/right etc? I couldn't find anything that looked
promising.

Tony

That is good for a shift but any idea how you would get any of the other
bitwise operators? I still say you go with C/C++. As an aside to do a bit
shift you should just be able to multiply or divide by 2 which in base 2 will
functionally shift the bits? I think... I am sure you will let me know Bob...
:)

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Or create your own

Function BitShiftRight(Val As Long, NumBits As Integer) As Long
BitShiftRight = Val * (2 ^ NumBits)
End Function

Function BitShiftLeft(Val As Long, NumBits As Integer) As Long
BitShiftLeft = Val \ (2 ^ NumBits)
End Function


--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Jim Thomlinson" wrote in message
...
Nope... nothing direct. You could write a program in C/C++ and call that
program through the shell command. That is probably your best option...

HTH

"Tony" wrote:

Hi all,

Does VBA (Excel 97) have bit manipulation functions -
shiftleft/right etc? I couldn't find anything that looked
promising.

Tony

Give us a break Jim, he only mentioned shifting :-)

Which others are you thinking of, VBA has AND, OR, XOR, IMP and so on?

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Jim Thomlinson" wrote in message
...
That is good for a shift but any idea how you would get any of the other
bitwise operators? I still say you go with C/C++. As an aside to do a bit
shift you should just be able to multiply or divide by 2 which in base 2
will
functionally shift the bits? I think... I am sure you will let me know
Bob...
:)

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Or create your own

Function BitShiftRight(Val As Long, NumBits As Integer) As Long
BitShiftRight = Val * (2 ^ NumBits)
End Function

Function BitShiftLeft(Val As Long, NumBits As Integer) As Long
BitShiftLeft = Val \ (2 ^ NumBits)
End Function


--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Jim Thomlinson" wrote in
message
...
Nope... nothing direct. You could write a program in C/C++ and call
that
program through the shell command. That is probably your best
option...

HTH

"Tony" wrote:

Hi all,

Does VBA (Excel 97) have bit manipulation functions -
shiftleft/right etc? I couldn't find anything that looked
promising.

Tony

shiftleft/right etc? How about etc... And those operators you mention are
not bitwise are they. If they can be used bitwise let me know... That would
be kinda cool...

:)

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Give us a break Jim, he only mentioned shifting :-)

Which others are you thinking of, VBA has AND, OR, XOR, IMP and so on?

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Jim Thomlinson" wrote in message
...
That is good for a shift but any idea how you would get any of the other
bitwise operators? I still say you go with C/C++. As an aside to do a bit
shift you should just be able to multiply or divide by 2 which in base 2
will
functionally shift the bits? I think... I am sure you will let me know
Bob...
:)

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Or create your own

Function BitShiftRight(Val As Long, NumBits As Integer) As Long
BitShiftRight = Val * (2 ^ NumBits)
End Function

Function BitShiftLeft(Val As Long, NumBits As Integer) As Long
BitShiftLeft = Val \ (2 ^ NumBits)
End Function


--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Jim Thomlinson" wrote in
message
...
Nope... nothing direct. You could write a program in C/C++ and call
that
program through the shell command. That is probably your best
option...

HTH

"Tony" wrote:

Hi all,

Does VBA (Excel 97) have bit manipulation functions -
shiftleft/right etc? I couldn't find anything that looked
promising.

Tony

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 15:01:02 -0800, "Jim Thomlinson"
wrote:

AND, OR, XOR, IMP

Yes, they ARE bitwise, as are NEG, and EQV.

But as for trying to implement shifts using arithmetic, you have to be careful
re shifting into or out of the sign bit.

"Myrna Larson" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 15:01:02 -0800, "Jim Thomlinson"
wrote:

AND, OR, XOR, IMP

Yes, they ARE bitwise, as are NEG, and EQV.

But as for trying to implement shifts using arithmetic, you have to be
careful
re shifting into or out of the sign bit.

Agreed, and my example was simplistic, but again it can be done.

I see a typo (again!): it's NOT, not NEG.

On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:05:08 -0000, "Bob Phillips"
wrote:


"Myrna Larson" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 15:01:02 -0800, "Jim Thomlinson"
wrote:

AND, OR, XOR, IMP

Yes, they ARE bitwise, as are NEG, and EQV.

But as for trying to implement shifts using arithmetic, you have to be
careful
re shifting into or out of the sign bit.

Agreed, and my example was simplistic, but again it can be done.