Keithley 707B, Reference Manual

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Section 7: Command reference Models 707B and 708B Switching Matrix Reference Manual
7-16 707B-901-01 Rev. A / August 2010
bit.test()
This function returns the Boolean value (
true
or
false
) of a bit at the specified index position.
Type TSP-Link accessible Affected by Where saved Default value
Function No
Usage
result = bit.test(value, index)
result Result of the bit manipulation
value Specified number
index One-based bit position within value to test (1 to 32)
Details
This function returns
result
, which is the result of the tested bit.
The least significant bit
value
is at
index
position 1; the most significant bit is at
index
position 32.
If the indexed bit for
value
is 0,
result
is
false
. If the bit of
value
at
index
is 1, the returned value is
true
.
If
index
is bigger than the number of bits in
value
, the result is
false
.
Example
myResult = bit.test(10, 4)
print(myResult)
The binary equivalent of decimal 10 is 1010.
Testing the bit at
index
position 4 returns a
Boolean value of
true
.
Output:
true
Also see
bit.clear() (on page 7-11)
bit.get() (on page 7-12)
bit.set() (on page 7-14)
bit.toggle() (on page 7-17)
Logical operators (on page 6-22)